All's Fair in Love & War
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Julian ... Sartaj Khan
Isabel O'Hara ... Miki O'Brien
Vinnie Mastrantonio ... Bill Trillo
Tony ... Christopher B. Aponte
Haggerty ... William Night
Boston ... Tony Pressman
Diane ... Angela Mia
Nicole ... Jenny Z
Billy Ray ... Jerry Mullen
Pic's over-complicated yet painfully predictable plot has two businessmen hiring good-hearted mob boss Julian (Khan) to kill a software magnate. But rather than simply blow up his car, Julian plans to get to the honcho by romancing his attractive assistant (Miki O'Brien).
Meanwhile, the evil businessmen hire a rival mobster to kill Julian once the job is done, setting a gang war in motion.
The violence, while copious and often in slow-motion, is mercifully low on gore. Pic features a number of sexual couplings, including a topless encounter between the two female leads that borders uncomfortably on soft-core. In fact, with its listless dialogue, uninvolving storyline and cheapo production values, this two-hour vanity production has all the appeal of a porn movie without the sex.
Camera, David Worth; editor, Richard Brummer; music, Gene Ober; production design, Nancy Walker; costume design, Ariella Normington; sound, Pat Chuck; assistant director, Halpern. Reviewed at the Laemmle Royal, Santa Monica, Aug. 9, 1996. Running time: 119 min.
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