A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
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- GoofsA lot is made in the film of the dates May 1 and December 1 being on a cycle of every six months, but the dates are not evenly spaced. December is seven months after May, leaving only five months until the next May 1.
- Quotes
Jack Grimaldi: 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.
- Crazy creditsMichael Kuhn is credited as 'Big Cheese,' the same credit he's received on at least 11 other films, including Kalifornia (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), and Home for the Holidays (1995).
- Alternate versionsThe Australian Region 4 disc, released by Magna Pacific/Becker Entertainment, is the censored TV version. All swearing has been removed as well as close-up shots of bullet hits and nudity.
- SoundtracksI Know Better Now
Written and Performed by A.J. Croce
Published by Croce Publishing (Administered by Lefrak-Moelis Music)
Courtesy of Private Music
Featured review
One of my favorite lines from "Romeo Is Bleeding," an overlooked tribute to film noir. Jack Grimaldi(Oldman)is a crooked cop that rats info to the mob about the whereabouts of mob witnesses. He is also a louse of a husband, cheating on his wife(Sciorra)with a waitress (Lewis). Life, in his view, is good, especially when he gets the money from the mob, which he uses "To feed the hole" in his backyard. Then, one day, his life slowly goes on a descent to hell when he is assigned to watch over the deliciously wicked Mona(Lena Olin, who should have gotten an Oscar nod for this performance). Mona makes a proposition to Jack: Help her fake her death and he will be paid VERY well. The problem is that the mob, led by Roy Scheider, wants Jack to wipe her out, or they will wipe him out. What happens to the characters in this film is what makes this a very intense film. The scenes between Olin and Oldman are hot enough to burn a hole in your television screen. This is a must see film that you have to have in your collection.
- domino1003
- Apr 9, 2003
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- Also known as
- Ромео спливає кров'ю
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,275,585
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,225,737
- Feb 6, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $3,275,585
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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