Annabella Sciorra, David Proval, Gary Oldman

Romeo Is Bleeding is the flawed black comedy from director Peter Medak (The Krays) about a bad cop who slowly gets his due. Gary Oldman plays yet another quirky character, this time a N...( read more  read more... )ew York detective on the take. His life goes haywire as he squares off with a Russian hit woman. Despite an intriguing cast and great dialogue, the movie becomes a bit too eccentric for its own good as several actors have nothing to do. The high point is Lena Olin, who finally has a role she can sink her teeth into: her zesty, monstrous assassin, Mona Demarkov, is one of the great movie villains. --Doug Thomas

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R, 110 min.

Directed by: Peter Medak

Release Date: February 4, 1994

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DVD Release Date: March 19, 2002

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  • November 18, 2009
    films like this give noir a bad name. oldman's voiceover is irritating, the script is all over the place and the final result is more sleazy than stylish. almost quit on it a couple times but it kept promising to get better...then went completely off the deep end. the only thi...( read more)ng worth watching here is lena olin's psychotic lingerie-clad hitwoman. she's pretty great. what a waste
  • September 24, 2009
    Good film but it feels really dated even though it?s not that old!
  • June 17, 2007
    Olin is fantastic, but the movie is overcooked.
  • November 19, 2006
    Not as good as I remember it was. But of course, Gary Oldman was incredible.
  • April 21, 2006
    Lena Olin and Oldman are devestating together, tearing up the celluloid like it is no one's business. Unfortunately, Medak is kind of a useless tool and exploits them of their talents. Another blame can be put onto the screenwright who could have made a more appealing plot altoge...( read more)ther to match his acute writing style.
  • November 27, 2009
    I was blown away by this film. Terrific on all levels. Lena Olin was breathtaking with her beauty as well as her portrayal of a femme fatale. The action scenes were so raw, brutal and REAL. I truly felt for Oldman's character, great character development with him. This is tr...( read more)uly a fantastic film!
  • September 2, 2009
    Gary Oldman is great. odd thriller.
  • August 16, 2009
    At first this movie seemed a little bit dated to me. I mean the story was good and everyone knows that Oldman and Olin can act, but something just felt off. But after a while it got better, it all got more intense and you noticed different levels of different relationships, like ...( read more)with Jack and Natalie. The ending was, I just loved it.
  • May 15, 2009
    Yeah quite good. Not a classic but I liked it.
  • March 4, 2009
    The story of a cop who wanted it bad and got it worse.

    Gary Oldman plays a corrupt cop who slowly fucks up his life...by giving off protected locations to the mob...It all went wrong when he met a female russian hit-woman...

    I loved this movie. Absolutley loved it. G...( read more)ary Oldman is amazing in it, a really amazing performance.
    The story is introuging and Lena Olin has to be one of the coolest female villians...
    Oh and that beginning and the ending, loved the way they had made those...

    "People think that Hell is fire and brimstone and the Devil poking you in the butt with a pitchfork, but it's not. Hell is when you should have walked away, but you didn't."

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

An exercise in overwrought style and overwritten melodrama, and proof that a great cast cannot save a film from self-destruction. full review

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