Love and a .45 (1994)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

5.5/10   

Regisseur:

C.M. Talkington

Drehbuchautor:

C.M. Talkington (writer)

Premierendatum:

23. November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Komödie | Krimi

Werbezeile:

In The End There Are Only Two Things That Matter...

Plot:

Watty has made a living out of robbing convenience stores, but after one of these job turned into murder by his partner...

Plot Keywords:

Hippie | Drug Use | Urination Scene | Handcuffs | Big Red

Auszeichnungen:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Not a rip-off, actually fairly good.

Besetzung

Gil Bellows	...	Watty Watts
Renée Zellweger	...	Starlene Cheatham
Rory Cochrane	...	Billy Mack Black
Jeffrey Combs	...	Dinosaur Bob
Jace Alexander	...	Creepy Cody
Ann Wedgeworth	...	Thaylene Cheatham
Peter Fonda	...	Vergil Cheatham
Tammy Le Blanc	...	Stripper
Wiley Wiggins	...	Young Clerk
Jack Nance	...	Justice Thurman
Charlotte Ross	...	Mary Ann
Michael Bowen	...	Ranger X
Scott Roland	...	Simp
Todd Conner	...	Young Cop
Richard Rothenberg	...	Camera Store Clerk

Länge:

98 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (FotoKem)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:18 (cut) | Argentina:16

Drehorte:

Austin, Texas, USA

Firma:

Trimark Pictures

Dies und das:

The left shoulder patch of the border guard is a Space Shuttle Mission Patch for mission STS-29, which flew in March of 1989.

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf Pink Flamingos (1972)

Soundtrack:

MUCHAS GRACIAS

Not a rip-off, actually fairly good.

Pretty good movie that has been pretty unfairly treated over the years. It has some flaws, but in general it stands out owing to outstanding performances and ingenious direction. It's been called a copy of "Natural Born Killers", but that comparison is both unfair and inaccurate. Unfair because the movie was completed *before* Natural Born Killers was released, and inaccurate because the characters are fundamentally different. Natural Born Killers was about two people who were by nature violent and evil, whereas this movie is about two who are by nature *not* violent.

Check out the movie yourself, and rather than listen to accusations that it's a rip-off of movies that actually came after it, give it a shot as what it is -- a better-than average entry in a long-standing film genre, the outlaw couple on the run. And where it's due the director gives nods to his influences. Note one item that struck me as an inside joke -- the addition of Peter Fonda, the star of one movie that truly *is* a predecessor of this one: Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry (1974).