Crimetime * (1996, Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost) – Classic Movie Review 5876

Stephen Baldwin stars as a much-resting young actor who develops a growing empathy with a supposed real-life serial killer (Pete Postlethwaite) he takes a job portraying on a TV show that re-creates the killer’s crimes.

Written by Brendan Somers, it is an interesting premise, maybe, but the film is desperately muddled and murky in the handling and exposition.

Director George Sluizer’s 1996 film is a real bad-karma turn-off with some deeply unpleasant violence, rotten supporting performances and a Dutch director not at all on his home territory.

Also in the cast are Sadie Frost, Marianne Faithfull (Club Singer), Geraldine Chaplin, Karen Black, James Faulkner, Philip [Phil] Davis, Emma Roberts, Anne Lambton, Suzanne Bertish (as Lady Macbeth), Stephanie Buttle, Caroline Langrishe, Orla Charlton, Jackie Davis, Ron Berglas, Tom Fisher and Jeff Nutall.

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