1992 Directed by Tony Maylam
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Rutger Hauer Kim Cattrall Michael J. Pollard Alastair Duncan Alun Armstrong Pete Postlethwaite Ian Dury Roberta Eaton Tony Steedman Steven Hartley Sara Stockbridge Colin Skeaping Ken Bones Dave Duffy Stewart Harvey-Wilson Paul Grayson Chris Chappell Charlotte Hick Morris Paton Alan Stocks Jason Watkins Tina Shaw Angie Hill
Detective Stone
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Rutger Hauer as a chain smokin' coffee addicted detective on the hunt for a brutal bootleg Dr. Lecter-esque serial killer in this futuristic Sci-Fi thriller. Ass wiggle. Nice doggie. Piss watcher. Titty shake. Pete Postlethwaite is the motherfucker and the awesomeness level is maxed out when Pete and Rutger share the screen. Detective Dick? Se7en-esque delivery. Did Rutger wear the same shades in The Hitcher? Either way, he wears shades like a boss. Why would you ask Rutger for his ID? Do you want him to beat your ass? Toothbrush. The way Rutger blows shit up. Mark of the Beast? Kim Cattrall before menopause. When Detective Dick touches Rutger. Steamy shower steam. Fuck! Rutger's gun makes Dirty Harry's .44 look…
“We need to get bigger guns. Big Fucking Guns!”
The plot to Split Second could very well be a generic buddy cop movie of the time. An unhinged cop (Rutger Hauer) is teamed up with a book smart rookie (Alastair Duncan) to track down a serial killer who murdered Rutger Hauer’s previous partner years ago. Director Tony Maylam (The Burning) shakes things up by placing the story in a flooded futuristic London and making the serial killer a possibly demonic creature who absorbs the DNA of its victims and knows how to wield a shotgun!
So yeah, the plot’s weird. The movie knows that and runs with the idea. London doesn’t look as dystopian as the movie would have you…
very weird movie i'm not sure totally works but has some decent fx work and ambitious camera moves as rutger hauer in a 2008 london decimated by global warming chases around a giant serial-killing xenomorph devil that fires shotguns, yeets people out of buildings and Temple of Doom's them so he can take a bite out of their heat and harvest their soul or something? again, weird movie. thank u rutger for ending global warming
Why had I forgotten about this for so long? Did I not fully appreciate this in my younger days? This is some glorious trash from the early 90s. You could think of it as a weird, low-budget mashup of Alien and Blade Runner, but I honestly think this is straight-up ripping off the Polymorph episode of Red Dwarf, from series 3. I mean, Rutger Hauer so reminds me of Lister after he's had his fear sucked out of him. An excessively macho slob who can't wait to scrap with a monster, stomping around in tight corridors with a giant gun and snapping at every other character. And his partner is essentially Rimmer after he's had his anger sucked out, except…
Entirely worth it for a very amusingly erratic Rutger Hauer as the world's most charmlessly abrasive supercop, but most of this is a dreary, ugly, barely stylized slog that builds to a clearly under-budgeted disappointment of a monster. Now I remember why I even found this dull as a teenager.
"Satan is in deep shit."
Split Second is a joyously bonkers dystopian action flick which marks one of the widest divisions between personal enjoyment and overall quality I've experienced in a film which is still basically functional. It's not as bad as The Asylum's output, but it's definitely in b-movie territory: the acting is pretty competent, but the characters are all one dimensional; the effects are well orchestrated, but look obvious and fake; the story is small enough to hold itself together, but makes very little sense if you stop to think about it. But it's so overflowing with style and chock-full of hilarious idiosyncrasies that I just fell in love with it.
Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) is a police…
"A serial killer murdered his partner, Foster, three years ago. He was there when it happened. Plain guilt. Had an affair with Foster's wife. Left her, hit the booze, went over the edge. Now he lives on anxiety, coffee, and chocolate."
London 2008. Detective Stone may be suspended but he's still "on the job." While tailing a serial killer on his own time he gets distracted and a girl ends up dead. Stone's methods may be troublesome but he's still the best there is so his suspension is lifted and he is officially tasked with finding and putting an end to the killer once and for all. The further he gets toward solving the case and obtaining his obsession the…
Black coffee black shades black coat black shirt black pants black socks in black boots and a big black .450 magnum, cool on cool on cool, only big guns and bigger guns. Rutger Hauer plays as Mr. Harley, Mr. Stone Cold, Mr. Detective, Mr. I Work Alone, Mr. Takes No Shit, Mr. Crazy with a Fucking Handcannon. It's not funny, do you think that's funny? Well, it's not, it's not funny. It's dirty, it's bloody, it's metal, it's claustrophobic and ultimately, the main selling point is that it's a buddy cop movie with a twist -- both cops get to lose their shit together.
Where has this movie been all my life? In all seriousness, how did I not stumble across this on late night Showtime or Cinemax in the 90's? For the first couple of minutes I thought it was dumb as hell - then I realized that it's a borderline parody and just relaxed. Rutger Hauer is hilarious in this, wearing full on Matrix gear, and turning in a performance that can only be described as Tom Atkins in Night of the Creeps (or a slightly toned down Ash). Rarely does a minute go by without Hauer kicking open a door or slamming a fellow cop against a wall. He even brushes his teeth like a maniac - he's the kind of…
An early nineties dystopic, cyberpunk-lite B movie starring Rutger Hauer? How have I not seen this until now?
"Split Second" is the kind of film you know you'll either love or hate within the first few minutes. I happened to really enjoy it. The film barely makes a lick of sense but the undeniable charm of the film makes it hard to dislike. Hauer, is basically a cross between Deckard and Morpheus in this film, and he kicks ass every second he's on screen.
The film stars Hauer as London cop Harley Stone who's tracking down a killer from his past. As the majority of London is underwater and on the brink of ecological collapse he soon begins to realise…
London... 2009.
Rising water levels have left the city flooded, while conveniently this post-apocalyptic look at yesterday's England doesn't touch on the air quality. A British production. Breathtaking art direction by Ian Bailie and Humphrey Bangham, along with production designs by Chris Edwards, viewed through the lens Clive Tickner create a wonderfully realized cyberpunk landscape. A loose cannon cop (Rutger Hauer) is brought off suspension, when the heart stealing serial killer that murdered his partner resurfaces after a five year absence. When the brute turns out to be more than human, will Hauer's psychic connection to it, be enough to protect his paramour (Kim Cattrell) and new sheltered partner (Alastair Duncan)? The rest of the police department includes charming caricatures…
