Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
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- TriviaDenzel Washington did ride-alongs with local detectives to prepare for his role. He soon learned that some of the cops carried a second pair of shoes in the trunk of their cars while on duty since the shoes they were wearing would occasionally get blood on them at murder scenes.
- Goofs(at around 1h 45 mins) When Hobbes returns to the wood cabin towards the end of the film, he enters and stands looking around for a moment, with a window to his left. A definite human shadow can be seen walking past the window, despite Hobbes being alone.
- Quotes
John Hobbes: C'mon Azazel. Open your eyes
[sticks a cigarette in his mouth]
John Hobbes: Look around sometimes.
[lights his cigarette]
Azazel: What's this? You don't smoke anymore.
John Hobbes: You're right I don't. You know why? Because cigarettes kill. Especially cigarettes laced with poison.
Azazel: Bullshit.
John Hobbes: The same kind of poisons you used to kill my brother.
Azazel: Uh, uh, fuck you.
John Hobbes: Yeah I know. It was so sweet.
[singing]
John Hobbes: Time, is on my side. Yes it is.
Azazel: Fuck you, motherfucker.
John Hobbes: [picks up his gun] Goodbye, Jonesy.
[shoots Jonesy, who is possessed by Azazel in the head]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst Films of 1997 (1998)
- SoundtracksTime Is on My Side
Written by Jerry Ragovoy
Published by Unichappell Music, Inc.
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham (as Andrew Oldham)
By courtesy of ABKCO Records
This film is not for everyone, you'll need patience and a real thirst for a good thriller. This film will play with your mind, it won't cover the screen with visuals and gore; that's why it works.
Sit back and be absorbed by the story, be amazed by the cast, and be shocked by the climax.
Warning, if you bore easily stay away, if you love a mind bending thriller; you won't find many better.
Fantastic and clever 9/10
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,232,289
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,401,586
- Jan 19, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $25,232,289
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1