The Guilty (2000)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Anthony Waller

Writers:

Simon Burke (1992 teleplay "The Guilty")
William Davies (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 June 2000 (Hungary)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The evil that men do

Plot:

A young person gets hired to kill someone completely unknown, by someone equally unknown. Or is that true? Nothing is what it seems.

Plot Keywords:

Secretary | Police | Biological Father | Sexual Harassment | Date Rape

Cast

Bill Pullman	...	Callum Crane
Devon Sawa	...	Nathan Corrigan
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Sophie Lennon
Angela Featherstone	...	Tanya Duncan
Joanne Whalley	...	Natalie Crane
Darcy Belsher	...	Dennis
Jaimz Woolvett	...	Leo
Ken Tremblett	...	Brent Frazer
Gillian Barber	...	Maddy Corrigan
Duncan Fraser	...	Martin Corrigan
Bruce Harwood	...	Miles
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Police Detective
Gary Chalk	...	Police Chief
Peter Kent	...	Benny (as Peter H. Kent)
Kurt Evans	...	Conor

Also Known As:

Coupable ou non-coupable (Canada: French title) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

108 min | Canada:112 min (TV version)

Country:

UK | USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | France:U | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | USA:R | UK:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

J&M Entertainment

Soundtrack:

Anywayz

An underrated film that will please movie lovers who love mining nuggets from the flotsam of today's cinema.

This is a flawed film, not flawed creatively, but in its sidestepping of consumerism. We, collectively, have been taught to expect certain things from movies and those things are attributes that make box office. That isn't necessarily stuff that makes good stories. This movie deviates, I think, from formula in one pivotal and disturbing scene. It doesn't give us what we've come to expect, it gives us something else, much as the movie "The Pledge" did, which also trashed its chances at the box office. But if you don't demand the "norm" in your films, this is a complicated and delightfully twisting tale of indulgence and getting accidentally swept up in things we had no intention of messing with. Personally, I found what has been called weak performances as low keyed and powerful and I had fun letting Bill Pullman do something ... well, sinister. It isn't a great film, it's for buffs who like something oddball to carry in their knapsack of cinematic experiences. It ain't for everyone, but for those it's for, it's a treat. On its most basic level, it's about a powerful man who, in aggresive drunkeness, rapes a nearly willing secretary and wants her to forget about it because of his career. On the other level, it's about what goes around doing its thing. Newton's Law. And you know laws, we will abide by them.