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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

152.0. "Split Second" by TLE::CHRIS::BORD (Searching for a witty phrase...) Fri Apr 23 1993 13:54

Last night I had free Cinemax on and caught the first hour or so of a movie
called (I think) _Split Second_.  Now, I didn't like it enough to go out 
and rent it to see how it ends, but I am curious as to:

***Spoiler Warning***


1. Who/what was the killer?

2. What was the link between the killer and the cop (why did the cop
   always know about what the killer was doing)?

3. How did the movie end?

Anyone see it and is willing to answer my questions? 

Thanks!

--Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
152.1		NASZKO::DISMUKE	WANTED: New Personal Name	`Fri Apr 23 1993 15:50`	11
	Sorry, I cought the first few minutes - Lots of blood and too much swearing -- otherwise I did like the tension and suspense!!! I suspect that he had been tracking this thing so long he was practically sharing the same brain with it! I'd be curious to have the answers too since I couldn't stand to "listen" to it. -sandy
152.2		26608::BRANDENBERG		`Fri Apr 23 1993 18:46`	21
	The addition of Rutger Hauer to any B-film generally makes it a cult flick and 'Split Second' is becoming just that. It is especially interesting to watch him in various Dutch films of the 70's and early 80's directed by Verhoeven and others. On to the questions... Spoilers... The killer is a telepathic, mutagenic alien with a knowledge of western occultism and heavily borrowing on Geiger's alien. Hauer doesn't know everything the alien does. What he does have are premonitions and experiences from a previous run-in. Ending: good guys win, Hauer gets the girl, and the sidekick learns to like RaaRaas and coffee while still getting laid everynight. Possibility of a sequel is left open with a slight ambiguity at the end.
152.3		TLE::CHRIS::BORD	Searching for a witty phrase...	`Mon Apr 26 1993 13:28`	14
	Thanks for the answers! I figured as much as far as the ending is concerned, but the killer had me guessing... One more question behind a *spoiler* Does he actually manage to kill the alien, or is that the 'ambiquity'? If so, how does he even track the bugger...it always seemed to be long gone by the time he got to the scene of the crime. sigh maybe I should just break down and rent it.
152.4	Ending	28218::PETERS	Be nice or be dog food	`Mon Apr 26 1993 14:51`	6
	spoiler He figures out the lair of the alien is an old subway station and subway car. Big fight goes on and alien is burried onder a ton of iron and rubble presumed dead.
152.5		26608::BRANDENBERG		`Mon Apr 26 1993 20:01`	7
	Go ahead and rent it. For context, have a 'Rutger Hauer Festival': BladeRunner, Flesh+Blood, Blind Fury, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Deadlock, The Hitcher, Ladyhawke (flawed for not having Matthew Brodderick brutally eviscerated in the first five minutes), etc. 'Split Second' is not going to be considered a great movie, but it can be fun.
152.6	not a bad rent	16913::MEUSE_DA		`Thu Jul 08 1993 19:45`	5
	Favorite line, "We need a bigger gun". Dave