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Albino Alligator

They Planned The Perfect Crime... Until It All Went Perfectly Wrong! 

Year: 1996 
Running Time:
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 (Scope) 
Certificate: BBFC 18 Cert – Not suitable for under 18s 
Subtitles: The level of subtitling in this film is unknown to WSC 
Directed by Unknown 
Starring: Unknown  
Review:

Deliberate sacrifice for deliberate gain. Here’s yet another heist-gone-wrong movie, this time the city is New Orleans. The set-up is that dim-witted Dova (Dillon), his smarter brother Milo (Sinise) and loose cannon Law (William Fichtner) botch a break-in, then drive their getaway car through a stake-out and unknowingly squash three special police agents tracking a big arms dealer. The team hide in a bar run by M. Emmett Walsh, where they hold hostage the usual cross-section of society. In keeping with the current trend, a pushy female TV reporter shows up to make things more interesting.

This is the directorial debut of Spacey, who succeeded in attracting good character actors and certainly gets a more out of the formula script than might be expected. The strange title - unlike Reservoir Dogs - does at least get explained, which turns out to stack the cards for a nasty twist that shows how far people will go to come out of a blood bath breathing...

Amanda Lee

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Screenings of this film:

1997/1998 Spring Term (35mm)