Parting Shots

Parting Shots

When Harry found out he had six weeks to live, something snapped...and it wasn't his camera.

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Release Date

5/14/1999

Runtime

99 mins

Overview

Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he decides that since he is dying anyway, he will kill or destroy all the people that ever crossed or hurt him during his life - after all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry hires an assassin to finish himself off in style, and even has time to fall in love with Jill. However, there's just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen wanting to talk to him about some murders...

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A darkly comic riff on the revenge fantasy, where a terminal diagnosis becomes the setup for mayhem before the punchline unravels everything. It's a film that finds humor in the gap between a man's justified rage and the absurd consequences of acting on it.

Mood

AbsurdBleakDefiant

Themes

RevengeMortalityRedemptionComing apart

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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