Quicksand (2003)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

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:

Features "Sky News: Live at Five" (1989)

Not bad

Michael Keaton plays a harried American banker trying to figure out what happened to the money for a movie being shot in France, only to become embroiled in a laundering scheme being run by the Russian mafia. Murder and mayhem ensue, and Keaton is soon on the run, after being mistaken for the killer of a prominent French politician. Of course he has been set up, having turned down a sizable bribe, and now both the police and the mafia are after him. It doesn't help that some of the cops and even one of his banking buddies are on the take. A little bit of Hitchcock can be felt in this, and Keaton isn't half-bad as the wronged man. He is in terrific shape for a middle-aged duffer, and gives as good he gets. Michael Caine is along for the ride as the over-the-hill action star of the phony movie, and comes to Keaton's aid in the second half. It's a formula pic that went straight to video here, but it looks great and the location photography in the south of France is wonderful. The villains aren't all that villainous, but you can't have everything in a low-budget action video.