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Judas Kiss
1998
A woman and her lover who have made money by running sex scams decide to go for the big time and kidnap the owner of a computer company. Things go wrong when the wife of a senator is killed during the kidnapping... Read more
| Starring | Simon Baker-Denny, Carla Gugino, Gil Bellows, Alan Rickman |
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| Director | Sebastian Gutierrez |
| Genres | Drama |
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Judas Kiss
A woman and her lover who have made money by running sex scams decide to go for the big time and kidnap the owner of a computer company. Things go wrong when the wife of a senator is killed during the kidnapping...
| Starring | Simon Baker-Denny, Carla Gugino, Gil Bellows, Alan Rickman, Til Schweiger, Emma Thompson |
|---|---|
| Director | Sebastian Gutierrez |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Oct 2002 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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When a gang kidnaps a computer genius, a woman gets killed in the scrum. Turns out that she's the wife of a senator and then … well, that's just one twist in this exceedingly strange thriller. Film buffs will go wink-wink, nudge-nudge at how the director, Sebastian Gutierrez, grafts the influence of Pedro Almodovar onto Quentin Tarantino: the first few minutes are pornography, then it's a legit thriller, then it goes all weird again, and that's before — wait for it — Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman appear as New Orleans cops. Thompson does a Frances McDormand in Fargo: she's tough, funny and has a honey of a scene on a train. She also gets her beau, Greg Wise, to play the kidnap victim. As for Rickman — his accent is as broad as Texas and it's a creepily unreal performance. Made for cable TV, this could become a cult.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Played for laughs?
Well, we gave it a good try, but found ourselves turning this off after about 40 mins. The plot and characters just didn't engage us. I loved the OTT slutty clothes worn by the female kidnapper, though ;-) !!
I hired this film due to the presence of Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. They both played US cops, with atrocious US accents. We kept half expecting them to break into laughter - I know that we did! Both me and my husband spent time trying to decide whether this pair were playing the parts for laughs.
So, a big disappointment and a waste of Alan and Emma's time and talent... -
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JUDAS KISS
Really well thought out plot/storyline and well acted. Interesting twists and turns as the film progresses. Deserved a higher rating if the dialogue had been a bit more sophisticated and less stereotyped.
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Judas Kiss
A woman and her lover who have made money by running sex scams decide to go for the big time and kidnap the owner of a computer company. Things go wrong when the wife of a senator is killed during the kidnapping......
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