A private eye shadows a female serial killer of men all over the U.S. without her knowing as he, strangely enough, occasionally acts as her guardian angel.A private eye shadows a female serial killer of men all over the U.S. without her knowing as he, strangely enough, occasionally acts as her guardian angel.A private eye shadows a female serial killer of men all over the U.S. without her knowing as he, strangely enough, occasionally acts as her guardian angel.
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5.0/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Marc Behm(novel)
- Stephan Elliott(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Marc Behm(novel)
- Stephan Elliott(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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- Director
- Writers
- Marc Behm(novel)
- Stephan Elliott(screenplay)
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Storyline
British Consulate investigator Det. Stephen Wilson, a.k.a. the Eye, comes across a disturbed lady serial-killer while on an otherwise mundane assignment. Already a bit psychologically fragile from his wife's abrupt removal of herself and their daughter from his life (with the lingering memory of his daughter haunting him like a manifest ghost), his psychosis as a displaced dad dovetails with the femme fatale's psychosis as an abandoned daughter (crying "Merry Christmas, Daddy" over her expired victims). A bond forms, or, rather, an obsession, as the Eye abandons his job to secretively stalk this mysterious woman full-time as she visits many major U.S. cities under various names, leaving numerous victims. —statmanjeff
- Taglines
- Obsession is in the eye of the beholder.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some strong violence, sexuality, language and brief drug content
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Stephan Elliott fought the film's financier, Mark Damon, over the tone of the film. Elliott envisioned the film as a dark thriller with sex and random lashings of violence. Damon wanted a more A-to-B thriller that he could sell worldwide. Ironically, many of the Asian markets that bought the film wanted a sexier and more violent version of the film.
- GoofsThe fold, in the photo of the Eye's daughter, moves around when we see it in close-ups.
- Quotes
Stephen: If I blink, I might lose her.
Lucy Wilson: So?
Stephen: So the last time I blinked, I lost you.
- Crazy creditsAt the start of the movie the following appears on screen: "Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him." - Henry Miller "The Wisdom of the Heart"
- Alternate versionsOverseas prints are longer than U.S. prints; including extra scenes such as one with Jean and John Teodoro as doormen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Killing Priscilla (2000)
- SoundtracksI Wish You Love
(Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours ?)
Music by Charles Trenet and Léo Chauliac
French lyrics by Charles Trenet
English lyrics by Albert Beach
Produced by Marius De Vries
Performed by Chrissie Hynde
Used by permission of EMI Virgin Music, Inc.
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Limited
Top review
Flawed But Visually-Audibly Entertaining
Here's an extremely stylish, different film panned by almost all the professional critics which means here's another example of why they should be ignored. You are better off reading the reviews of people here,
Being one who appreciates stylish film-making, I thoroughly enjoyed the images and the sound on this movie. I found it absolutely fascinating. Being a male, it doesn't hurt that Ashley Judd stars in it, either.
To be fair, I can see where the story would turn off a number of people.The co- lead, Ewan McGregory's character, is odd and not very credible. k.d. lang's character is unlikable, there is some stupid numerology as part of the story and the ending is unsatisfying .
Yet, despite the above, the story is very involving and the visuals and sound (5.1 surround) are just so good that they outweigh the negatives. The movie flat-out entertains, which is the name of the game.
Being one who appreciates stylish film-making, I thoroughly enjoyed the images and the sound on this movie. I found it absolutely fascinating. Being a male, it doesn't hurt that Ashley Judd stars in it, either.
To be fair, I can see where the story would turn off a number of people.The co- lead, Ewan McGregory's character, is odd and not very credible. k.d. lang's character is unlikable, there is some stupid numerology as part of the story and the ending is unsatisfying .
Yet, despite the above, the story is very involving and the visuals and sound (5.1 surround) are just so good that they outweigh the negatives. The movie flat-out entertains, which is the name of the game.
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- Oct 22, 2005
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- 迷情追緝令
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,500,786
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,959,447
- Jan 30, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $17,589,705
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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