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Killing me softly

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Movie propaganda

Nobody falls this hard and survives.

From the very moment that Alice Loudon (Heather Graham) locks eyes with Adam Tallis (Joseph Fiennes), a mysterious stranger, she is catapulted into a whirlwind of intense erotic desire and adventure, risking everything just to be with him. But, when secrets from Adam's past begin to surface, Alice finds herself in a bizarre situation she can't escape.

Persons of interest

Heather Graham .... Alice Loudon
Joseph Fiennes .... Adam Tallis
Natascha McElhone .... Deborah Tallis
Helen Grace .... Lucy
Ian Hart .... Daniel
Jason Hughes .... Jake
Kika Markham .... Mrs Blanchard
Ulrich Thomsen .... Klaus
Ronan Vibert .... Mike
Sean French .... Author
Kara Lindstrom .... Screenwriter
Kaige Chen .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Studios and distributors:

MGM * Becker Entertainment

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Trying my patience.

There are lots of thrills in the "I'm in a relationship with a psycho" vein but Killing me softly is let down by sloppy filmmaking.

The first part of the film is told - in voice-over and flashback - by Alice to a police officer (she is explaining why she needs protection). Then the voice-over ends and the film continues in real time from that point. The story ends. Alice starts talking again. To whom? Kara Lindstrom and Kaige Chen couldn't find a proper ending to the film so tacked this one on. Bad, bad, bad.
Natascha McElhone overacts so badly that I can only say Christmas ham. If you don't peg her as the baddy in her first (or any other) scene you don't deserve to have eyes.
I have never seen anyone killed by a flare gun in real life but I imagine that it's a very painful and very noisy business. There would not be a symphony orchestra playing softly in the backgroud.

Other than that, Heather flashes her tits about a lot (a LOT) and it's even in context. Joseph has pumped up and would look extra hunky except that he doesn't have that sort of body; he does look like a mountaineer, however.

Because of the 3 sloppy points above, Killing me softly is not as rewarding a thriller as Vertical limit despite having more thrills.