True Crime

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1995
12
1h 34m

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Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Dillon in True Crime (1995)

Mary, a precocious high school senior, longs to be a cop. When a classmate dies and the case remains unsolved, Mary becomes obsessed and gets involved in the investigation.Mary, a precocious high school senior, longs to be a cop. When a classmate dies and the case remains unsolved, Mary becomes obsessed and gets involved in the investigation.Mary, a precocious high school senior, longs to be a cop. When a classmate dies and the case remains unsolved, Mary becomes obsessed and gets involved in the investigation.

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5.2/10

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Trivia
This film has two titles. It is also known as "Dangerous Kiss". Furthermore, when viewing the movie on Amazon Prime, they still show the "Dangerous Kiss" title in the opening credits.

Goofs
When Mary reads the case file after breaking into the police office, the word "HOMICIDE" is misspelled "HOMOCIDE".

Alternate versions
A version with the title "Dangerous Kiss" was released on cable, and is the one most widely available on streaming services. This one is heavily edited to remove most of the violence, sex, and stronger profanity. Examples include (spoilers):
All instances of "fuck" are either cut around or dubbed over.
The sex scene between Earl and Sherry in the factory is longer and includes nudity.
Instead of fading to black, the sex scene between Tony and Mary has her crying out in pain as he thrusts into her, strongly implying it is her first time.
After the flashback of Tony handcuffing Maggie and driving away, there is a brief cutaway to Tony and Mary staring at each other. In the uncut version, Tony taunts Mary by asking "do you want to know what happened next?" After a long pause, she nods.
Maggie's murder is severely edited. In the uncut version, after throwing her to the ground, Tony punches her in the face when she tries to stand up (similar to the opening scene). The edited version cuts away as he approaches with the bottle of bleach, while the uncut version shows him forcing her to drink it before stabbing her repeatedly (both actions are mostly off-screen).
Tony snapping Guinn's neck is shown in full rather than cutting away at the last second.
When Tony is dangling over the glass crusher, in the edited version he asks Mary for help, saying "can you reach?" In the uncut version he taunts her one last time by saying "I was inside of you." In both she still reaches out before choosing to let him fall to his death.

Connections
Referenced in True Detective: After You've Gone (2014)

Soundtracks
The Four Seasons
Written by Antonio Vivaldi

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4/10

Straight-to-tape thriller with both serious and silly ingredients...

Alicia Silverstone (pre-"Clueless") plays a modern-day crime-obsessed teenager attempting to solve the brutal slaying of a local girl. Pat Verducci wrote and directed this B-flick, which isn't especially well-made but is however surprisingly serious-minded in regards to its leading character. Silverstone is appealing and successful in carving out an interesting young woman here, despite the picture's kitschy undermining. The supporting cast (including Kevin Dillon and Michael Bowen) isn't bad, though the violence in the last act goes overboard. Not a cheesy camp-fest, but nothing exceptionally memorable either. *1/2 from ****