Taglines: The story of a cop who wanted it bad and got it worse.
Romeo Is Bleeding movie storyline. Detective Jack Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) takes us through his shattered life after encountering the most deadly (and deceptive) criminal he has ever had to deal with. It doesn’t help that Grimladi is playing both sides against the middle. When he encounters Demarkov (Lena Olin) he thinks he can play her as he has all the other women in his life…including his wife. But Demarkov knows Jack better than he knows himself. She plays him mercilessly, all the while threatening to kill him when she tires of the game.
Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1993 neo-noir crime film starring Gary Oldman and Lena Olin, directed by Peter Medak. Other starring are Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider, Larry Joshua, David Proval, Victoria Bastel, Will Patton and James Cromwell. Its title was taken from a song by Tom Waits. Although the film was critically unsuccessful and a box office bomb, the central performances by Oldman and Olin have been praised.
About the Story
Jack Grimaldi, a corrupt cop who does favors for the Mafia in exchange for large fees, has a loving wife, Natalie, and an adoring mistress, Sheri. He thinks he has it all, until both the cops and mob are outwitted by a psychopathic Russian female mob assassin, Mona Demarkov.
Italian crime boss Don Falcone orders Jack to deal with Demarkov. Jack is unable to kill her; she seduces and makes a fool of him. Falcone, disappointed in Jack’s ineptitude, orders one of his toes amputated. Realizing he has endangered both his wife and mistress, Jack instructs Natalie to leave the city immediately, giving her all the payoff money he’s saved as well as instructions where to meet him out West when the time is right.
Jack ends his affair with Sheri and puts her on a train out of the city. Jack tries to hunt Demarkov but soon realizes that he is putty in her hands. He is attracted to her sexually and no match for her professionally. Mona forces him to help her bury Falcone alive, then offers to pay Jack to help her fake her own death.
Although he obtains phony papers for her, she refuses to pay and attempts to strangle him. He shoots and wounds her in the arm, then tries to drive away with her handcuffed in the back seat. Mona escapes by hooking her legs around his neck, causing him to crash the car. She slithers out through the shattered windshield without freeing her hands.
Mona lures Jack to an abandoned warehouse. He again attempts to kill her but is tricked into shooting Sheri instead. Mona fixes the corpse so as to suggest that it was she, and not Sheri, who died. Mona handcuffs Jack to the bed and they have sex.
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Romeo Is Bleeding (1994)
Directed by: Peter Medak
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider, Larry Joshua, David Proval, Victoria Bastel, Will Patton, James Cromwell
Screenplay by: Hilary Henkin
Production Design by: Stuart Wurtzel
Cinematography by: Dariusz Wolski
Film Editing by: Walter Murch
Costume Design by: Aude Bronson
Set Decoration by: Beth A. Rubino
Art Direction by: W. Steven Graham
Music by: Mark Isham
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language and sexuality.
Distributed by: Gramercy Pictures
Release Date: February 4, 1994
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