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Illégitime défense

Original title: Sirens
  • TV Movie
  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
266
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Illégitime défense (1999)
Drama

A white woman relentlessly seeks justice against two racist policemen who accidentally killed her black ex-husband and had their department cover it up.A white woman relentlessly seeks justice against two racist policemen who accidentally killed her black ex-husband and had their department cover it up.A white woman relentlessly seeks justice against two racist policemen who accidentally killed her black ex-husband and had their department cover it up.

  • Director
    • John Sacret Young
  • Writer
    • John Sacret Young
  • Stars
    • Dana Delany
    • Keith Carradine
    • Justin Theroux
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    266
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Sacret Young
    • Writer
      • John Sacret Young
    • Stars
      • Dana Delany
      • Keith Carradine
      • Justin Theroux
    • 10User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dana Delany
    Dana Delany
    • Sally Rawlings
    Keith Carradine
    Keith Carradine
    • Officer Dan Wexler
    Justin Theroux
    Justin Theroux
    • Officer David Bontempo
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • Vincent Morgan
    Brian Dennehy
    Brian Dennehy
    • Lt. Denby
    Richard Blackburn
    • Sam Conrad
    Jonathan Whittaker
    Jonathan Whittaker
    • D.A.
    Sabrina Grdevich
    Sabrina Grdevich
    • Sheryl
    Julie Khaner
    Julie Khaner
    • Fox Hills
    Diego Fuentes
    • Sylvio
    Karen Glave
    Karen Glave
    • Tyus
    James Downing
    • Waranaco
    Matthew Bennett
    Matthew Bennett
    • Roy Dancer
    Shannon Barnett
    • Red Headed Girl
    Carole Mackereth
    • Virginia
    Von Flores
    Von Flores
    • Assistant Coroner
    Victor Saldivia
    • Denuncio
    Gloria Slade
    Gloria Slade
    • Franny
    • Director
      • John Sacret Young
    • Writer
      • John Sacret Young
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    9tedpeoples

    Good performance by Dana Delaney

    I have a new appreciation for Dana Delaney after both this role and her role in the movie Tombstone. I reviewed her other roles on this database and was surprised that I have seen so few of her performances to date. I wish I knew if it were her movie choices or a combination of the opportunities given her. I think she is a very under-rated actress, and wish I had seen more of her. Alas, I will enjoy watching her in Sirens or in Tombstone, in my opinion, her best performances - that I have seen anyway. Oh, and unlike the previous post, I don't feel the premise of the movie is that far off base. Without a plot, you don't really have a movie, now, do you.
    2beffels

    way below average

    I decided to watch this partly because of Dana Delaney and partly because the basic idea seemed interesting. It was, however, a mistake.

    The movie got very bad towards the end, as the characters and their behaviour became more and more unrealistic and unbelievable. I can't get over the thought that people who made this movie actually may think that these characters would be interesting and/or thought-provoking or anything else that movie characters are supposed to be. The plot was quite weak as well, but the character development was by far the worst I've seen in a long time. It was a bit painful to see ms Delaney in such a poor film, as I've liked all her previous work very much.
    4=G=

    Dumb!

    "Sirens" is all about Delany as is a top corporate exec who sets out to get the cop who shot her ex-husband to death during a routine street incident. The film's premise has merit and even the story has potential. However, the execution is an abomination with huge, gaping plot holes at every juncture. Young asks us to swallow huge portions of nonsense as we see everything from police procedure to human nature malformed to fit an awkward, unbelievable, and amateurish screenplay poorly concealed by a thin varnish of trite Hollywoodistics. From its dumb title to its lame conclusion where small talk is interjected between credits, "Sirens" is a good film to miss. (D+)
    slim-44

    If your time is important-DO NOT WASTE IT!

    Absolutely, positively, this movie has my vote as the stinker of the millenium. An absolutely abominal waste of time and talent to make this movie about a woman's fight to expose a police cover-up after they kill her ex-husband. This woman's fight takes her into the unbeliveably extraordinary step of compromising herself to get the truth out (I won't say what she did) about what really happened the night that her ex-husband was killed. My rating for this dud is 0.1 out of 10, and that 0.1 is only because Dana Delaney is so sexy!
    yojimbo999

    Ugh, junk

    Man, I've seen some bad movies with attemps at pretensions, but this one takes the cake. The premise is this: white wife attempts to avenge her black husband who was shot by a white cop after they're caugh getting jiggly with it in their car, parked under a bridge, in the dead of night. What's worst, when it looks like the cop is racist and obviously begins harassing them for no other reason than it's a white woman with a black man, the couple starts getting indignant and openly refuses the cop's most basic commands.

    Look, I'm a minority, and I've been in more than one traffic stops, and I DO EVERYTHING the cops tell me, because I know they'll throw my ass in jail just for messing with them. But our power couple here (she's an exec and he's a professor) thinks they're special -- actually, the screenplay treats them as special (I don't know, maybe because they're a mixed couple? Who knows.) and flat out starts messing with an obviously racist cop. The husband gets shot. The wife goes out for vengeance. Whatever.

    Good premise, but terrible execution. Screenplay is full of soap box speeches and moments. Go see SLAM or JUNGLE FEVER if you want actual portrayals of white-black relationships. This one is just beyond comprehension.

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    • Quotes

      Vincent Morgan: Here's to the American Dream, the woman in the gray flannel suit.

      Sally Rawlings: No, here's to the self-confident, secure and sexy woman.

    • Connections
      References L'homme au complet gris (1956)

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sirens
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Network Television Productions
      • Showtime Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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