True Crime (1996)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Pat Verducci

Writer (WGA):

Pat Verducci (written by)

Release Date:

25 July 1996 (Spain)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Trust no one

Plot:

Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction...

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Tense | Woman In Jeopardy | Woman Detective | Psychological Thriller

Cast

Alicia Silverstone	...	Mary Giordano
Kevin Dillon	...	Tony Campbell
Bill Nunn	...	Detective Jerry Guinn
Michael Bowen	...	Earl Parkins
Ann Devaney	...	Sherry Tarnley
Joshua Schaefer	...	John Giordano
Marla Sokoloff	...	Vicki Giordano
Jennifer Savidge	...	Celia Giordano
Tara Subkoff	...	Liz McConnell
David Packer	...	Sergeant Collins
Alissa Dowdy	...	Kathleen Donlevy
Aimee Brooks	...	Margie Donlevy
Brian Wankum	...	Roger
Melissa DeLizia	...	Girl #1
Tiombe Lockhart	...	Girl #2 (as Tiombe Anika Lockhart)

Also Known As:

Dangerous Kiss
True Detective

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, menacing plot material and several scenes of sensuality.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

John Marshall High School - 3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Horrible Piece of Filmmaking

I believe that this is the worst film Alicia Silverstone has ever appeared in. Makes her previous films like The Crush(1993) look like a cinematic masterpiece. Alicia Silverstone's performance as Mary Giordano is unconvincing and at times annoying. A bland Hollywood low budget film with a mystery that is uncompelling as well as tiredly predictable. Might have been a good film if the film director had put some creative energy into the story. The repressed erotic emotions of Mary Giordano never reaches a three dimensional depth. The worst of Italian Giallos is still better than True Crime(1995) and the best of 1990s Teen slasher horror flick. La Sindrome di Stendhal/Stendhal Syndrome(1996) had a similar serial killer-young police woman cat and mouse relationship that was more developed than in True Crime(1995). Bill Nunn gives the only performance of the film that makes the movie a worthwhile view. Lame attempts at plot twists that never surprises or shocks.