Screenplay:
Gary Scott ThompsonCinematography:
Clive TicknerComposer:
Stephen W. ParsonsCast:
Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Alun Armstrong, Pete Postlethwaite, Dave Duffy, Jason Watkins, Ken Bones, Steven Hartley (more)VOD (1)
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In the year 2008, heavy rainfall has flooded large areas of London. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin (Alastair Duncan) is assigned to partner wisecracking maverick Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer), a burnt-out and highly cynical homicide detective who was unable to prevent the murder of his partner by a serial killer several years previously. Now however, the murders have begun again and Stone and Durkin are assigned the case. After investigating the scenes of several killings, they appear no closer to identifying the killer, with their only clues being that the murders seem to be linked to the lunar cycle, and that the killer has multiple DNA strands, having absorbed the DNA of the victims. (101 Films)
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A very, very silly film, but incredibly funny and ridiculous at the same time. I’d say that most of the humour is unintentional, but that doesn’t alter the fact that I had a lot of fun. Hauer’s wannabe badass one-liners are something that I’ll remember for a long time. If you are into camp, this is fun guaranteed. 6/10
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If Hauer and Duncan didn't try to be so cheesy and instead were really tough, I'd definitely be happier. After all, it's a pretty passable B-movie otherwise.
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A luxury B-movie full of one-liners and gallons of blood. The gloomy future of 2008 by which time, as a result of global warming, the Thames has flooded the whole of London is disturbing even now, after Brexit. The city is plagued by a psychotic (or psychopathic?) killer who eats whores’ hearts out. He is being hunted by tough cop, Rutger Hauer, who has gone mad from their last confrontation and his new partner, an Oxford graduate. Aloof, surprisingly subversive twists, intentional over-acting and wonderfully illogical one-liners make Split Second a cult movie that has been unfairly forgotten.
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