Liberty Stands Still (2002)

Regisseur:

Kari Skogland

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Kari Skogland (written by)

Premierendatum:

3. Mai 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Werbezeile:

In the game of life and death... you only lose once.

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

Tanya Allen	...	May
Hart Bochner	...	Hank Wilford
Fulvio Cecere	...	Burt McGovern
Gregory Calpakis	...	Vince (as Greg Calpakis)
Terry Chen	...	Officer Tom
Garvin Cross	...	CIA Henchman #1
Roger R. Cross	...	Officer Miller
Martin Cummins	...	Russell Williams
Keith Dallas	...	Young Man
Linda Fiorentino	...	Liberty Wallace
Marrett Green	...	Gary P. Evans - Reporter #2
Darcy Laurie	...	Drunk Guy
David Lewis	...	Businessman
Robert Lewis	...	Fireman Frank
Brian Markinson	...	Rex Perry

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:

Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:R (No. 38558) | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Peru:14 | Canada:AA

Drehorte:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Lions Gate Films

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Joe's computer occasionally displays images of Liberty taken by a camera he has set up somewhere, presumably in his sniper's nest. But almost every shot from this camera is panning or tracking, and most are also obviously from a much lower angle than Joe's position. Some are actually looking up at Liberty from below.

Dialogzitate:

Liberty Wallace: My great-great grandfather, he designed the gun that changed the outcome of the Civil War.

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.