Wish You Were Dead (2002)

Director:

Valerie McCaffrey

Writer:

Scott Firestone (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

May all your wishes come true.

Plot:

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper. |

Plot Keywords:

Buried Alive | Faked Death | Hairdresser | Hitwoman | Insurance Fraud

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Cary Elwes	...	Mac 'Macbeth' Wilson
Elaine Hendrix	...	Melody 'Jupiter Music' Malloy
Christopher Lloyd	...	Bruce
Mary Steenburgen	...	Sally Rider
Sally Kirkland	...	Penelope Wilson
Gene Simmons	...	Vinny
Tanya Allen	...	Tanya Rider
Dennis Burkley	...	Sam Daniels
Lin Shaye	...	Jinny Macintosh
Robert Englund	...	Bernie Garces
Billy Ray Cyrus	...	Dean Longo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Basulto	...	Gravedigger #1
Morgan Bateman	...	Edna Daniels
Kelly Birch	...	Dirty Cowboy
Razie Brownstone	...	Ruth Bangor
Peter Costigan	...	Gravedigger #2
Geremy Dingle	...	Waiter
Joycelyn Engle	...	Patron #1
Pete Gardner	...	Dale Hendrick
Lorri Klein	...	Patron #3
Robert Kotecki	...	Cowboy Hitman
Karen Kucherawy	...	Bertha Drake
Clayton Landey	...	Laughy Hitman
Bruce Levine	...	Warner
Sharon Madden	...	Hortense
William Matthews	...	Victim
Kiernan McCaffrey	...	Victim's Kid #2
Vanessa McCaffrey	...	Victim's Kid #1
Madison Miller	...	Patron #2
Bill Raymond	...	Dr. Norm Rollins
Jennifer Simard	...	Cake Girl
Caesar Sinclair	...	Funeral Director
Shannon Tweed	...	Lesbian Hitwoman

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and sexual content, some violence and drug use.

Runtime:

Argentina:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Good fun; but could have been even better.

Well, what can I say? I have watched this film several times on DVD and I think it's ace. Heavily stylised and camped-up, it maybe; a play (in parts) it might be; but it is funny and subtly ironic in many ways. Elaine Hendrix excels herself in this film as the blonde temptress/ hit-woman. The Cary Elwes character is a little irritating but necessary to the point of the plot. Mary Steenburgen (a great actress) is surprisingly sexy as the middle-aged vamp! It is a well acted and directed film which should make all but the most cynical and jaded laugh. Okay, the plot, in some ways, is a little simplistic but that's not the point of the film. It's a black comedy, okay? It doesn't have to be intricate, just funny. Hendrix did the best she could and pulled it off with great style. A good laugh.