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It's Not About Sex, It's About Power! morePlot:
While Bruno is an international money mover and influence peddler and Virginia is his very beautiful wife... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Weird Christopher Walken and a great score make for an edgy and atmospheric film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anne Heche | ... | Alex Lee / Johanna | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Bruno Buckingham | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Virginia Chow | |
| Steven Bauer | ... | Tony | |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Dan Rackman | |
| Adam Novak | ... | Lyle Litvak | |
| Zion | ... | Hiro Sakamoto | |
| Richard Palmer | ... | Cop Driver | |
| Randy Crowder | ... | Federal Agent | |
| Marcus Aurelius | ... | Agent James Reed | |
| Michael Rose | ... | Agent Morse Jaeger | |
| Lewis Arquette | ... | The Chief | |
| Rolando De La Maza | ... | Steward | |
| Candace Kita | ... | Lotus Ita (as Candace Camille Bender) | |
| Ian Johnson | ... | Philip Hamlyn |
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96 min | UK:111 min (director's cut)Language:
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Iceland:16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:RFilming Locations:
Long Beach, California, USAFun Stuff
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| Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto | moe-tavern |
| Music track help | govindablu |
| Wild Side (Directors Cut) 111 minute version | FLBlino |
| dvd | lonniemac |
| HBO edits out sex scene | RyanMuir |
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It's addictive, once you get into it - Christopher Walken's Bruno uckingham - a multimillionaire money-launderer - is dangerous and unpredictable.
A casual sexual encounter between him and call girl Alex, played by Ann Heche, develops into a love triangle, or rectangle if you include Walken's obnoxious and predatory driver, played by Steven Bauer. The driver turns out to be working undercover. Walken's wife/girlfriend arrives on the scene and you have a passionate all female sexual encounter between her and the Ann Heche, who is also leading a double life.
But there's a scam going on - Bruno Buckingham plans to disrupt the banking system with a computer virus and use the opportunity to transfer millions of dollars of ill-gained funds. A sting is planned by the police, but will it be successful?
A simple plot, but complex encounters between various characters, captured on a hand-held camera, and with the beautiful and haunting background music of Ryuichi Sakamoto, make for a highly intriguing and watchable film, if you like this sort of thing (I do). I loved the momentary flashbacks of sex scenes in the character's head as she's in the office. A little bit quirky, like the films of director Nicholas Roeg.
Christopher Walken is remarkable, with his menacing and almost other-worldly on-screen presence. Ann Heche is captivating, and the love scenes between her and Buckingham's wife/lover, played by Virginia Chow, are quite passionate, and have the quality of a real encounter.
If you're expecting a simple dénouement, don't. As in real life things aren't cut and dry, though the ending is satisfying.