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- 1992
- R
- InterStar Releasing
- 1 h 30 m
- 1992
- R
- InterStar Releasing
- 1 h 30 m
Summary In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Directed By: Tony Maylam
Written By: Gary Scott Thompson
- 1992
- R
- InterStar Releasing
- 1 h 30 m
- 1992
- R
- InterStar Releasing
- 1 h 30 m
Split Second
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6.0
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Summary In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Directed By: Tony Maylam
Written By: Gary Scott Thompson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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27% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
73% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
26
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
73% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Very fast-paced, SPLIT SECOND is an example of the men-versus-monster genre, with a British setting providing a fresh twist.
Scriptwise, you'll be left thinking "if it only had a brain." Like last year's "Hardware," this British effort is simply too talky. Those who seek deeper meaning will enjoy the astrological and satanic explanations, even if they make no sense.
This one has all the usual cliches. The serial killer. The strip joint scene. The bad-tempered superior. The villain that won't die. The graphic gore. Hauer plays a suspended cop, of course. To these it adds a fairly creative scene of Hauer and Duncan stalking and shooting at the beast in a morgue, plus very damp streets and a vision of the future that is bleaker than usual. [2 May 1992, p.C04]
Split Second turns out to be one of those dreaded “so-bad-it's-good” debacles, and a marginal one at that. Ed Wood, where are you when we need you?
Split Second is an extremely stupid monster film, boasting enough violence and special effects to satisfy less-discriminating vid fans.
LARGE GROUPS of highly paid Hollywood people spend a great deal of time deciding on titles for new movies. Rarely do they succeed as well as with ''Split Second,'' whose title perfectly describes the length of entertainment in store for the moviegoer. [1 May 1992, p.3G]
It’s hard to think of a less satisfying creature feature in recent memory than the simply terrible Split Second, which by the end not only has allowed few glimpses of the beast in question but hasn’t even explained where the big guy came from or what kind of animus, supernatural or otherwise, is responsible for its strange m.o. It’s a monstrous cheat.
User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
50% Positive
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Production Company
Challenge Film Corporation,
Entertainment,
Muse Productions,
XYZ Funding N.V.
Release Date May 1, 1992
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Tagline A cop is out of control. And a killer is on the loose, terrifying, devastating.
