In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, a merciless producer, an insubordinate star, and a conviced serial killer all try to survive the deadliest place on Earth: a movie set.
Acting
Rourke at his most unhinged, barely holding it together
Direction
Van Looy juggling three timelines like a chainsaw
Writing
Script constantly undercuts itself — deliberately?
Director
Erik Van Looy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rourke reportedly rewrote most of his dialogue on set, which explains the rambling intensity.
This was Van Looy's follow-up to 'The Alzheimer Case' — he clearly had a thing for killers who don't know their place.
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