Romeo Is Bleeding
Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1993 crime film starring Gary Oldman and Lena Olin, directed by Peter Medak. Its title was taken from a song by Tom Waits. Although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful, Oldmans performance has garnered acclaim.
The head of the Italian mob, Don Falcone, orders Jack to deal with Demarkov or face dire consequences. Jack is unable to kill her she seduces and makes a fool of him. Falcone, disappointed in Jacks ineptitude, orders one of Jacks toes amputated. Realizing he has endangered both his wife and mistress, Jack instructs his wife to leave the city immediately, giving her all the payoff money hes saved as well as instructions where to meet him out West when the time is right. Jack ends his affair with his mistress 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 ever 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. Her scheme involves sawing off Sheris arm and leaving her own amputated arm in its place. Mona handcuffs Jack to the bed and they have sex. ........
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