Quicksand (2003)

Director:

John Mackenzie

Writers:

Desmond Lowden (book)
Timothy Prager (story)

Release Date:

26 May 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

He's running for his life and running out of time.

Plot:

The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Betrayal | Movie Business | Money Transfer | Restaurant

Cast

Michael Keaton	...	Martin Raikes
Michael Caine	...	Jake Mellows
Judith Godrèche	...	Lela Forin (as Judith Godreche)
Rade Serbedzija	...	Oleg Butraskaya (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Matthew Marsh	...	Michel Cote
Xander Berkeley	...	Joey Patterson
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Beth Ann
Rachel Ferjani	...	Rachel
Elina Löwensohn	...	Vannessa (as Elina Lowensohn)
Clare Thomas	...	Emma
Hermione Norris	...	Sarah
William Beck	...	Nicoli
Jean-Yves Berteloot	...	Vincent Deschamps
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Jean Pillon
Colin Stinton	...	Harbinson

Also Known As:

Quicksand (France) (video title)
Quicksand - Gefangen im Treibsand (Germany) (video title)
Quicksand - Schmutziges Geld (Germany)
Un tueur aux trousses (France) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Argentina:94 min | Norway:91 min | USA:95 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany

Language:

English | French | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 (VHS/DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Overseas FilmGroup

Quotes:

Jake Mellows: [pointing a rifle at Oleg and Lena] I am going to start counting. But I can only count up to three, because I am so thick. is'nt that right, Oleg?

Movie Connections:

References La curée (1966)

I expected better from Caine & Keaton **1/2 out of *****

'Quicksand' was showing this evening on CH 5, Now I'm always very wary of watching movies on that particular channel as it has become synonymous with terrible films, but I decided to watch purely on it's starring actors, in this case being Michael Caine & Michael Keaton, It's not a terrible film by any means, but it's just so mediocre, it's the kind of Film that even Steven Segal himself would probably turn down.

Michael Keaton plays a New York Banker who travels to the South of France to investigate possible fraud on the Film that his company is financing, and soon finds himself up to his next in dirty cops & Russian gangsters and ends up getting framed for murder....

YAWN!!!!

Been there, done it, got the t-shirt! there is nothing in this film which hasn't been done better before.

Michael Caine is really slumming it here, like he has done many times before..... JAWS IV: THE REVENGE or THE SWARM anyone?.... and makes what could be described as a glorified cameo.

The Original 'Batman' Keaton pretty much disappeared after picking ghastly Movies to appear in, in the mid/late 90's, but really this is below him, Caine is merely cashing the check.

apparently this was filmed in 2001 and not released for nearly 3 years...that tells you just about everything.

as I've said above for a Film that never saw the inside of a Movie Theater it's not terrible, and watchable on TV on a Winter's night, but don't spend any money, it's not even worth the rental.

**1/2 out of *****