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US Mall 1 - Bulletproof Heart (aka Killer)
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Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Mimi Rogers, Matt Craven, Peter Boyle, Monika Schnarre
Directed By: Mark Malone
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303605678
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6303605672
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Running Time: 95
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-03-31
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Summary: Haunting and heartbreaking
Comment: I first saw this film on VHS during my Anthony LaPaglia infatuation. That phase is long over yet this remains one of my top 20 films of all time. I bought it again on DVD and still really love it when I feel like life is kicking me just for the fun of it. What gets me every time is the cat and mouse game fate plays with all the characters.
Anthony LaPaglia has made a career of playing soulful, shopworn Italian-American characters. It's hard to imagine that he's in fact Australian. This role is the epitome of world weary. His character is so far from being alive, it's a wonder he hasn't yet offed himself. He's a careful and therefore successful assassin. Understandably reticent when asked to take a job with "no prep, no scopeout", he does so only to honor the request of his friend and business acquaintance. A man used to having, and in fact being the final word, he is stunned into contemplation and action by the woman who is to be killed. He's never met someone so alive and yet so intent on dying. LaPaglia invests his character with first an eerie detachment followed by a growing hope that ends with utter hearbreak. The look on his face in the final scene before the credits is priceless. If your heart doesn't break for him, it should.
Mimi Rogers lends both a perfect calm and worldweariness to her character. It would have been easy for her to come across as bizarre, trite or puzzling. As it is, she pulls off the mix of intent command and detachment. She leaves no doubt how she could inspire the kind of slavish devotion she does. Her will is what drives the piece and it is unbending.
What makes the film amazing is that there are really only 5 characters in the story. The world is fully realized and recognizable but you have the sense that somehow reality left a vaccuum for these 5 people to fill.
If you like noir and are not put off by the fairly intense sex scene in the first half hour, you might just give this hidden gem a try.
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Summary: Badass Babe!
Comment: Anthony LaPaglia is an extremely successful hit man who is hired to whack Mimi Rogers. Problem is that THIS hit man, way down deep inside, is a lonely romantic, and is smitten by his mark. If you think you've heard this one before, think again. Very unusual, very romantic, and a love story that you will never forget. Mimi also shows us how tough a woman can be.
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Summary: Bulletproof Heart
Comment: This haunting film noir melodrama from Canada should be called, simply,"Irony". When you go back over it afterwards, you'll see all the many little twists and tugs. It requires at least one or two more goings over to fully appreciate the poetic justices and injustices visited upon the anti-hero and his fellow night dwellers. Anthony Lapaglia is, as usual, outstanding, only in a far more restrained vain. His New York/New Jersey hit-man has "lost" his "way", as his aging veteran boss, played by the flawless Peter Boyle, guesses. Young, good-looking, wealthy, unattached-Mick would seem to have the world by the tail, if only it weren't for the fact that he kills people for a living and as of late is having trouble finding meaning in life. He is gotten to the point, in fact, where he toys with killing for no reason-a dangerous line for him to cross, as pointed out by George. Experiencing this torment of the soul after his last hit- a "fiasco", where he had to make a second, successful attempt on the mark-George nonethless begs him to do a hit that same night on a woman for whom George has come to feel extreme affection. (You'll find out why.) Mick reluctantly agrees, bringing along his loose cannon of a best friend, played with whiny innocence by that adorable goof, Matt Craven. Now for the first big twist: the edgy woman, played with uniquely approachable, very real glamour by Mimi Rogers, knows its coming,and has resigned herself to it. In fact, as we find out, she wants to die. You'll have to see it to find out why. When you realize what is going on, your heart will go thump. This goes from quirky film noir to Shakespeare in one deft moment during a most unusual picnic. The story and cast take this film to a conclusion that is sure to shock you, but shouldn't really surprise you. You'll see the nifty clues director Mark Malone has scattered throughout the flick upon later viewings. As warned by others, take the video all the way through past the final credits to the epilogue. The lesson will hit you full in the face, and probably disturb your sleep that night.
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Summary: Beautiful, twisted, and sad
Comment: It's been awhile since I've seen this movie, but I still remember the way that it hit me quite vividly... This movie stands out in my mind because of the depth with which the main characters are played. Both Anthony LaPaglia and Mimi Rogers do a superb job in their parts... LaPaglia as the hitman with a heart, and Rogers as the woman awaiting death. Both of them are caught in such hopeless lives, and their methods of dealing with them are heartbreaking to watch...This is one of those films where the characters grab you, and for some strange reason you feel like you can understand them, despite all the seeming differences... This movie will haunt you if you let it.
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Summary: soulbreaker
Comment: tough story, tough characters, fine performances..most of the people probably watched this movie because of the headliners in the cast. i was drawn by mimi rogers but the first(and hardest) kick was the "supporting act" by Monika Schnarre as Laura. i caught myself waiting for her to appear again, but.... that's life. i wish some casting gurus read this and check her out, so we are not far away from seeing more of her. honestly, she "made" this movie for me....
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