Directed by:
Mike FiggisScreenplay:
Mike FiggisCinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Mike FiggisCast:
Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, James Cosmo, Heathcote Williams, Mark Long, Alison Steadman, Al Matthews, Bill Fellows, Nicholas Lumley (more)Plots(1)
The New York Times Corrupt businessman Frank Cosmo (Jones) arrives in Newcastle, England, determined to muscle his way into owning the entire town. On his payroll is Kate (Griffith)a tantalizing beauty Cosmo loans out when he wants a favor from the local officials. But when Kate's new lover ends up working for Cosmo's latest target (Sting), Kate must choose between the man who owns her and the man who has stolen her heart. (official distributor synopsis)
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With the corners of Newcastle at heart, Mike Figgis wrote, cast Sting, financed with American money, composed the music, and created a peculiar neo-noir. Through Roger Deakins, the city of Tyne is utilized as thoroughly as the atmosphere of jazz jamming and melancholic music. The blazoned Gordon Sumner and the nasty American Tommy Lee Jones may be unnecessarily overshadowing the central duo, whose female half, for reasons unknown before filming, went to the hairdresser, stuck a picture of Chucky on the mirror with gum, and said, "Like this!" I’d hate to spoil the ending, but Sean Bean unexpectedly...
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