Bloody Marie – Eine Frau mit Biß (1992)

Bloody Marie – Eine Frau mit Biß: Directed by John Landis. With Anne Parillaud, David Proval, Rocco Sisto, Chazz Palminteri. Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.

“John Landis is not the type of director who goes for any deeper meaning in his films outside of the occasional well-staged car chase in heavy traffic; however, this time, working with Michael Wolku0026#39;s first-rate screenplay, he excels in narrative as well as in visual form. An undercover cop in Pittsburgh, posing as a thief for the Mob, becomes attracted to the scintillating French woman who is hellbent on killing kingpin Robert Loggia (seems sheu0026#39;s a bloodsucker by night–and forgot to u0026quot;finish the foodu0026quot; the evening she put the bite on Loggiau0026#39;s Sal the Shark!). Not terribly bright, but full of puckish black humor and one exciting, masterfully staged sequence after another. And when things calm down a bit, as with the motel sequence between hot twosome Anne Parillaud and Anthony LaPaglia, Landis is adept at smoothly changing the movieu0026#39;s rhythm. Itu0026#39;s an impressive, gory, foul-mouthed, yet adrenalized and satirical piece of work, Landisu0026#39; best. *** from ****”