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- Release Date: 1994
- Runtime: 99 min
- Genre: Thriller
- Starring: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy ... see all
- Director: John Bailey
- Plot: Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is... Read more
User Reviews
Intricate
Dec 08, 2006
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Really quite excellent, this is a fine thriller to watch with a member of the opposite sex, as it has romance dangerously complicated by murder (or is it the other way around?).... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Dec 26, 2001dvdtalk.com
Final Thoughts : While a moment or two of "China Moon" shines, the rest of the film feels oddly flat and dull; the performers are all okay, but have been better elsewhere.
Dialogue - and that's most of this movie - sounded natural and easily understood.
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| Mar 04, 1994Washington Post
The movie isn't perfect.
The connection to Kasdan is significant because the picture "China Moon" most resembles is Kasdan's "Body Heat," the main exception being that this new film is harder and hotter and more sophisticated.
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News
Bishop Allen: Confectioner's Pop
npr.org –
2009-02-23
"South China Moon" On its third full-length album, the Brooklyn-based band returns to a stripped-down sound that recalls its debut, Charm School . Though the disc is titled Grrr... , there's nothing threatening about it: Its peppy melodies are framed... ... Full Article
CHINA MOON: DVD
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-09-01
Made in 1991 and stuck on the shelf for three years while Orion Pictures went bankrupt, this slick and twisty noir thriller is like Body Heat on slow simmer. ... Full Article
U.S. Distributor: Orion Pictures As the financially-troubled Orion Pictures digs through their vaults looking for shelved films to release, they come upon dud after dud. ... Full Article