Liberty Stands Still (2002)

Regisseur:

Kari Skogland

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Kari Skogland (written by)

Premierendatum:

3. Mai 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Plot:

The wife of a gun manufacturer is held hostage by a man seeking revenge for the death of his daughter in a high school shooting incident.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | Cellular Phone | Gunman | Sniper | Corruption

Nutzerkommentare:

From a sniper's perch to a hot dog stand...

Besetzung

Wesley Snipes	...	Joe
Linda Fiorentino	...	Liberty Wallace
Oliver Platt	...	Victor Wallace
Martin Cummins	...	Russell Williams
Jonathan Scarfe	...	Bill Tollman
Ian Tracey	...	Mac Munro
Brian Markinson	...	Rex Perry
Jeff Seymour	...	Officer Pritchard
Roger R. Cross	...	Officer Miller (as Roger Cross)
Hart Bochner	...	Hank Wilford
Tanya Allen	...	May
Ed Anders	...	SWAT Officer #1
Brett Armstrong	...	SWAT Officer #2
Scott J. Ateah	...	Police Officer (as Scott Ateah)
Fulvio Cecere	...	Burt McGovern

Alternativ:

Liberty stands still - Im Visier des Mörders (Deutschland) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Länge:

92 Min

Produktionsland:

Deutschland | Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Peru:14 | USA:R | Canada:AA

Drehorte:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: Towards the end of the film we see Liberty drop her phone and headset on the ground but in the next seen we see the headset still in her ear.

Dialogzitate:

Joe: Tiananmen Square boiled down to one man standing in front of a tank, that couldn't move or shoot, because human dignity was stronger than steel or bullets. It changed a nation.

Soundtrack:

Creatures

From a sniper's perch to a hot dog stand...

Why is it that all the trouble these days start when you answer you phone/cell phone?

From the moment Snipes dials in Fiorentino's cell phone, all the suspense begins. She starts by being the one who's in control, but it's obvious she's not. Shackling herself to a hot dog stand was bad enough with a sniper trained on you, but there's also a little surprise for all those involved in her life.

Snipes plays the sniper well. As one who can turn the tables on anyone, he pulls it off superbly. Fiorentino was all right, but I found myself more attached to Snipes, trying to find out why he was doing what he was doing. But the bottom line was if she didn't play his game, she wasn't going to live.

This is the first I've even heard of this movie. I like Snipes and I watched "Phone Booth" just a couple of months ago. I know it's not right to compare the two, but I can't help but draw on the similarities between the two. Kiefer Sutherland was a psycho, too, but he tended to lose his cool once in a while, where Snipes did not. Not only was he in control of the situation, but he was in control of himself, as well. It kind of makes you believe that he could actually pull off what he meant to do.

I don't know, but, for some reason, I didn't find this film very "suspenseful" at all. When I watch these kinds of movies, I find myself sitting on the edge of my seat, holding my breath, but not this time. I found the movie almost like a soap opera, where I could have stepped out of the room for a couple of minutes, came back, and caught right up with where I was at, knowing everything I missed.