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Romeo Is Bleeding is the flawed black comedy from director Peter Medak (The Krays) about a bad cop who slowly gets his due. Gary Oldman plays yet another quirky character, this time a New York detective on the take. His life goes haywire as he squares off with a Russian hit woman. Despite an intriguing cast and great dialogue, the movie becomes a bit too eccentric for its own good as several actors have nothing to do. The high point is Lena Olin, who finally has a role she can sink her teeth into: her zesty, monstrous assassin, Mona Demarkov, is one of the great movie villains. --Doug Thomas
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Jack Grimaldi (GARY OLDMAN - Dracula) is a seasoned New York City cop who specializes in organised crime. His job is to watch gangsters for a living. Once, in the faded past of his youth, it was an important job, but now Jack sees something that he is missing - extra sex, extra money, extra excitement.
So, he starts walking on both sides of the street, splitting his loyalty between the mobsters and the law, and his affections between his loving wife (ANNABELLA SCIORRA) and a willing mistress (JULIETTE LEWIS - Kalifornia). He's just taking what he thinks he's earned, until life sends him what he truly deserves - hit woman Mona Demarkov (LENA OLIN) - a woman whose trigger finger is as deadly as her powers of seduction. And Jack is about to run headlong into his own apocalyptic day of reckoningLove and hate are only a bullet apart.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Probably one of the best motion-pictures I´ve EVER seen...,
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This review is from: Romeo Is Bleeding [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
I can´t understand at all how people can compare this classic to a cheap TV-production. In my opinion, "Romeo is bleeding" can play on one level with "Pulp Fiction", "Jackie Brown", "Scarface" etc. In this film, we get a top leading actor (Oldman), a great counterpart (a real "femme fatale"), as well as a enthusiastic group of supporting actors (featuring Roy Scheider and other well known faces)and a great director who keeps the movie on a breathtaking pace. The conflict between the corrupt police-man and the female killer is amazingly well illustrated by Oldman and Olin and the end of the story is cruel and hard. That´s the way I like it. Honestly, the story maybe isn´t very original, but is that really important ?
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic film, not for the fate of heart,
By A Customer
This review is from: Romeo Is Bleeding [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Saw this cleverly constructed bit of film grit once on the big screen and had to see it again soon after. For sheer gut affect, mad plot twists and insane character portrayals, this ranks up there (though perhaps not SO high) with Pulp Fiction except without the hype. Madman Gary Oldman is at his best here as a policeman and husband who just doesn't know how to behave, and Lena Olin is in one of her favorite, and most provocative, roles (a cop-killing assassin). Be forewarned, there is violence enough and a strong aura of sexuality (though no crude sex scenes). And the witty dialogue is now and again punctuated with a wee bit of "colour". If Tarantino, Peckinpah, and Guy Richie are not your cup of tea, don't even try to take a sip of this stuff. It will not be to your tastes! It's a film that is rough tough and half in the buff that you don't have to be ashamed of watching with your brain functioning.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oldmantastic!,
This review is from: Romeo Is Bleeding [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
A masterpiece!!!I have seen this film a hundred times and it just seems to get better each time. The cast is perfect. A crazy tale that leaves a tear in your eye.
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