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30/04/2006 Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance 1h 48m
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True love can be murder.

Overview

In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.

  1. Todd Robinson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Travolta

    Elmer Robinson

  2. James Gandolfini

    Det. Charles Hilderbrandt

  3. Jared Leto

    Ray Fernandez

  4. Salma Hayek Pinault

    Martha Beck

  5. Scott Caan

    Det. Reilly

  6. Laura Dern

    Rene Fodie

  7. Michael Gaston

    D.A. Hunt

  8. Dan Byrd

    Eddie Robinson

  9. Alice Krige

    Janet Long

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-11
Well a lot of people have pointed out that it is full of cop cliche's... and I won't disagree, but it's a neo noir, and rather than cliche I would call them "tropes" as in, it does it's best to hit as many tropes as it can...

... and as someone that loves the genre in print, in comic, and on the silver screen, I appreciate that.

My only complaint is Travolta who seems to pick and choose what roles he acts in and what roles he does the Gotti in. In this case, he's doing the Gotti...

... but Gandolfini does a great job, Leto has one of the roles where he's acting and not being, well, Le...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$18,000,000.00

Revenue
$2,520,000.00

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