Saw this at a "noir thriller" festival. Hmmm don't know if I would call it noir though. The idea is really good. A duel between two hit men with a lot of money wagered on the outcome. Unfortunately the tension is built up with lots of talking scenes rather than action. The plot is super and there are twists and turns but it's definitely more in the "thriller" category than an "action" film. The double cross really isn't expected and it's not a spoiler to say that you can spend the whole film trying to work out what the Cross-Fade will be. Maike Zimmerman is a horny lead actress and really does the ice-blond nicely. Willhelm Schloterer is a well known German TV actor but this is the only feature I've seen him in, pity, he really does bad guys well. All in all an o-kay film, not brilliant, but watchable.
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Amusing entertainment.
erotik-125 May 2006
I watched this on afternoon cable and... well it's so bad that it's almost good. I couldn't decide whether to give it a 1 or a 10, hence the 5. I won't spoil the plot, basically two businessmen each hire a hit-man, and set them against each other in a duel to the death. The whole thing is videoed for their amusement. Willhelm Schlotterer is fantastic as a bad guy. He just oozes evil, and his hit-man, played by Dan Marsh is certainly off the wall and reminded me very much of Gary Oldman in Leon. I don't know how it got a PG rating since there's quite a bit of violence and aggression in it, as well as a high body count. Perhaps the lack of sex or gore is the reason? The action sequences are good, but the movie falls down on the emotional side. Still, worth watching on a wet afternoon.
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