Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Acting
Terence Stamp's zen-like calm vs. Tim Roth's twitchy chaos.
Direction
Frears finds philosophy in a genre exercise.
Score
Eric Clapton and Roger Waters collab—unexpectedly perfect.
Director
Stephen Frears
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Stamp and John Hurt had already played enemies in 'Midnight Express'—Frears didn't know this when casting.
This helped launch the '80s British neo-noir wave alongside 'The Long Good Friday' and 'Mona Lisa.'
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