Vivere e morire a Los Angeles

Titolo originale: To Live and Die in L.A.
Regia: William Friedkin |
Anno: 1985
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Thriller Azione
Tag: hold-up robbery | bungee-jump | cop | revenge | counterfeit | los angeles, california | blunt | secret service | counterfeit money | mysterious | neo-noir | provocative | factual | audacious | bold |
Cast: William Petersen | Willem Dafoe | John Pankow | Debra Feuer | John Turturro | Dean Stockwell | Darlanne Fluegel | Michael Greene | Steve James | Robert Downey Sr. | Christopher Allport | Valentin de Vargas | Jack Hoar | Dwier Brown | Michael Chong | Jacqueline Giroux | Michael Zand | Bobby Bass | Dar Robinson | Anne Betancourt | Katherine M. Louie | Edward Harrell | Gilbert Espinoza | John Petievich | Zarko Petievich | Rick Dalton | Richard L. Lane | Jack Cota | Shirley J. White | Gerald H. Brownlee | David M. DuFriend | Rubén García | Joe Duran | Bufort McClerkins | Gregg Dandridge | Donnie Williams | Earnest Hart Jr. | Thomas F. Duffy | Gerald Petievich | Mark Gash | Pat McGroarty | Brian Bradley | Jane Leeves | Cherise Bates | Michael Higgins | Shaun Earl | Gary Cole | Rainer Fetting | Stevie Mack | Robin John Price | Jason Ronard | Joey Sotello |

L'agente dei servizi segreti Richard Chance indaga sul contraffattore Eric Masters, che gli ha ucciso il partner Jimmy Hart durante una retata. Insieme al nuovo partner John Vukovich, Chance si lancia a testa bassa in una missione sotto copertura. Deciso a vendicarsi, Chance non intende guardare in faccia a nessuno e dimentica qualsiasi etica, mentre il collega cerca di tenerlo sotto controllo. Ma la violenza chiama altra violenza. Scritto dal regista con Gerald Petievich, da un romanzo di quest’ultimo, è da molti considerato il miglior Friedkin di sempre, teso, allucinato e ricco di sequenze magistrali.

Errori

Ruth tells Chance that Lin is coming in on Amtrak train number 11, which is the correct train number [...] D
During the base-jumping scene, the stunt man doubling for Chance can be seen, quite obviously, in a [...] D
According to the title cards, the film begins in mid-December and ends in late-January. However, the [...] D
During the shootout with Chance and Vukovich resulting in the murder of the undercover FBI agent, th [...] D
When Chance visits Cody in prison, Cody has his own bottle of Pepto-Bismol. A prisoner would not get [...] D
In the opening sequence with the motorcade, traffic is shown going in the opposite direction on the [...] D
When the truck jackknifes during the chase, a tow truck in the left of the frame can be seen pulling [...] D
At conclusion of the chase, a dark brown van with a multicolor horizontal stripe is part of the grid [...] D
Whenever frontal camera angles are used to film revolvers being pointed, it is clear that their cyli [...] D
When Jimmy Hart is spying on the counterfeiting plant, his binoculars are mis-aligned, as the horizo [...] D
When Masters is visiting Cody in jail, they are talking on phones on either side of what is presumab [...] D
Jim Hart arrives at Lancaster early morning to stake-out Rick Masters' warehouse. As he scans the ar [...] D
In the original 1985 theater release, there was a large shadow of the crew and equipment visible on [...] D
When Vukovich shoots Masters at the warehouse, he fires six shots from a six-shot revolver and keeps [...] D
During the first meeting at the gym, during locker-room and sauna scenes, Rick Masters does not have [...] D
When Rick Masters demands his money back from Jeff for the botched hit on Cody in jail, Jeff says, " [...] D
Masters drives the Ferrari from the gym to the warehouse where he prints. The Ferrari is shown insid [...] D
When Chance is shot with the shotgun in the locker room, the blood - supposedly from his wound - is [...] D
As Cody walks to the window to have his visit with Masters, his bottle of Pepto-Bismol is already si [...] D
The opening scene says December 20 at 1410 hours (2:10 p.m.), which is about two hours before sunset [...] D
During the car chase after the murder of the undercover FBI agent, neither of the two cars has licen [...] D
When Chance goes the wrong direction on the freeway in the big car chase scene, he's actually drivin [...] D
In the final scene between Masters and Vukovich in the warehouse, after all the rounds have been fir [...] D