Overview:
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.| Status: | Released (1995-10-06) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination |
| BoxOffice: | $30,303,072 |
| Screen: | Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Brian Helgeland |
| Productions: | The De Laurentiis Company, Silver Pictures, Evansgideon/Lazar, Warner Bros. Pictures, Canal+, Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Español, Nederlands |
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- 3029: Raynold Gideon - Producer - Production
- 1091: Joel Silver - Producer - Production
- 7187: Richard Donner - Director - Directing
- 3175: Richard Marks - Editor - Editing
- 5398: Dino De Laurentiis - Executive Producer - Production
- 7200: Lauren Shuler Donner - Executive Producer - Production
- 22816: Jim Van Wyck - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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Check Mate? Sly Stallone stars as an ageing assassin who gets embroiled in a cat and mouse game with a younger assassin who wants to be number one of the trade. Teaming up with a computer hacker, Stallone battles not only his pursuer but also an event from his past that troubles h ....
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A not great movie, but one that it's hard to pinpoint exact ways in which it could easily have been improved. A Stallone/Banderas as cat and mouse assassins sounds promising, but in reality this technoir thriller is... Actually kind of boring. Seems like it needs a ground-up re-worki ....
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