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Love and Action in Chicago

  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
FarceActionComedyDramaRomanceThriller

Eddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance) is an agent with the U.S. State Department's elite Eliminator Corps. He eliminates people the government doesn't want around. Eddie also needs to change his l... Read allEddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance) is an agent with the U.S. State Department's elite Eliminator Corps. He eliminates people the government doesn't want around. Eddie also needs to change his life.Eddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance) is an agent with the U.S. State Department's elite Eliminator Corps. He eliminates people the government doesn't want around. Eddie also needs to change his life.

  • Director
    • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
  • Writer
    • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
  • Stars
    • Courtney B. Vance
    • Regina King
    • Kathleen Turner
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    529
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    • Director
      • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
    • Writer
      • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
    • Stars
      • Courtney B. Vance
      • Regina King
      • Kathleen Turner
    • 15User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    • Eddie
    Regina King
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    • Lois
    Kathleen Turner
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    • Middleman
    Jason Alexander
    Jason Alexander
    • Frank
    Michael Gilio
    Michael Gilio
    • Martin
    Robert Breuler
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    • Oli
    Kamala Lopez
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    • Anna
    • (as Kamala Dawson)
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    David Basulto
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    Edward Asner
    • Taylor
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    • Director
      • Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
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    10Fire208624

    Love and Action for a pleasant evening at home, May 21, 2001

    A movie for an evening at home -- not a great movie, but paced and plotted so that the tape will probably play to the end, with no one being bored -- a predictable end, but one would not expect heavy drama or deep tragedy from this comedy/action/romance film. The cast is talented and do well with their roles; Courtney Vance emits his usual likeable screen personna and is as convincing when wielding a gun as he is when kissing his girl, well played by Regina King and the chemistry between Vance and King is believable. Jason Alexander and Regina King perform a cute dance scene. The confession in the church is one instance when the humor has an original note. You may not hold your breath at the suspense ending but will probably keep your eyes on the screen. All in all, a good one for a dinner and a movie evening.
    9rian-2

    Remarkable movie with very funny moments

    This is a very funny movie, where Courtney Vance play's a work-a-holic (though he is a hit man) and get's set up by his boss (Kathleen Turner) with Regina King, so he will get a private life. Their aquaintance is especially humorous. She is very persistant in getting to know him, and as they spend more time together he falls in love with her. Then he needs to get out of his business, but when Eddie leaves, he has to face the consequences and become target of the agency.

    The great thing of Love and action in Chicago is they combine action and love in no ordinary way

    A very remarkable sentence by Regina King: 'I haven't asked you to sleep with me..... Yet!'
    2HamTrax

    Dull.

    To begin with, I have to admit that I didn't see the entire movie. It was too boring. I have never seen such a dull movie. This was just as exciting as watching concrete set. This doesn't really deserve a full review, so I won't bother writing one. I just can't think of any certain type of people who would find this flick the least interesting. It goes absolutely nowhere. Acting is average. Good acting wouldn't help anyway. This is a very bad movie. Mostly because it is boring, very boring if not ridiculously boring. And it doesn't really have a story either. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
    9watts42

    Great offbeat fun!

    It you like movies that can be viewed several times this is the movie for you. "Love And Action In Chicago" gives the viewer something to think about it doesn't insult the viewers intelligence. This film is quirky kind of like "Curb your enthusiasm" either you love it or you hate it but there definitely is something for you to sink your teeth in.
    TV Boy

    Well-done romancer

    Have to say that "L&A in C" is a charming independent. Courtney B. Vance and Regina King have unmistakable chemistry as the celibate hit-man and flighty-but-feisty femme. Yes, the bloom's off Kathleen Turner's rose and Jason Alexander will forever be George Costanza, but sharpen your focus on these two and you're missing the entire point of "L&A ..." It's about Vance and King as two people who haven't yet realized they're meant for each other. It's about their dance on the way to that realization and your jubilation once they get there. Class A stuff, probably not. Novice director Dwayne Johnson-Cochran hasn't helmed anything since, but his debut effort here proved he could write a come-hither B-flick that proves irresistible when HBO is airing "Bruce Almighty" for the umpteenth time.

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      The poster for Prince of Central Park (2000) uses Kathleen Turner's exact photo from the poster of Love and Action in Chicago. Though being released 1 year earlier than Prince of Central Park, the poster was heavily edited with a gun being held at the right side of Turner's face, including airbrushed red lipstick. The Prince of Central Park poster instead uses a largely unedited/natural photo of the actress, with the gun and lipstick absent.
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 2002 (Norway)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Torped i Chicago
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Flashpoint (I)
      • Gold/Basulto Entertainment
      • Prosperity Pictures
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      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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