Killing Is My Business, Honey ( Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling )

Killing Is My Business, Honey (DVD) (*)

$44.99

Original Title: Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Sebastian Niemann

Written By:
Dirk Ahner
Sebastian Niemann

Actors:
Rick Kavanian ..... Toni Ricardelli
Nora Tschirner ..... Julia Steffens
Christian Tramitz ..... Helmut Mänchinger
Janek Rieke ..... Bobfried 'Bob' Kimbel
Bud Spencer ..... Pepe
Axel Stein ..... Dirk - der Hotelpage
Wolf Roth ..... Paolo Rossi
Franco Nero ..... Enrico Puzzo
Gänther Kaufmann ..... Salvatore Marino
Ludger Pistor ..... Dr. Gruber
Hans-Michael Rehberg ..... Christopher Kimbel
Jasmin Schwiers ..... Lisa
Wolfgang Völz ..... Henry von Göttler
Claudio Caiolo ..... Gino
Matthias Zelic ..... Antonio Baldini

Synopsis:

A super-slick crowdpleaser with peachy roles for German comedian Rick Kavanian and young actress Nora Tschirner, hitman comedy-romance "Killing Is My Business, Honey" looks set to do just that at Teuton wickets. With (sadly) no proven market offshore for mainstream German comedies, an English-language remake seems the most profitable course for this "Pink Panther"-ish romp, which would translate easily to a Stateside setting. Following its world preem in Berlin Feb. 19, the film goes wide in Deutschland Feb. 26. Kavanian is known locally as one of Michael "Bully" Herbig's associates in a string of successful parodies (Western spoof "Manitou's Shoe," "Star Trek" riff "Dreamship Surprise: Period One"). Tschirner broke through bigtime as the klutzy heroine of Til Schweiger's 2008 B.O. champ, "Rabbit Without Ears," and again proves here she's one of Germany's hottest young discoveries. The picture's '60s-ish, retro feel is underlined by bright, animated main titles (designed by Lutz Lemke) and a soundtrack packed with cocktail-lounge classics by Dean Martin (like "That's Amore"). From the beginning, there's a sense of workmanship at the highest level, from the tight script by Dirk Ahner ("7 Days to Live") and helmer Sebastian Niemann ("Over My Dead Body"), through the glossy lensing by Gerhard Schirlo, to Matthias Muesse's production design, recalling the Universal studio look of the late '50s/early '60s. With a nifty goatee, Kavanian plays professional hitman Toni Ricardelli, who simply loves telling people about his job ("good money, flexible hours, plenty of human interface"). But big-mouth Toni just can't find the right woman: One blind date with a beautiful blonde (TV regular Florentine Lahme) ends with her fleeing in horror. Toni is contracted by middleman Pepe (Italian vet Bud Spencer) to ice the reclusive Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero, hamming), a mafioso-turned-squealer whose memoirs are about to be published by a company run by Christopher Kimbel (Hans-Michael Rehberg) and his milquetoast son, Bobfried (Janek Rieke). When Enrico is a no-show at his press conference, Bobfried sends editor/g.f. Julia Steffens (Tschirner) to coax the drama queen from his Italian hideaway with a check for $500,000. Hot on Enrico's trail is Toni, who, in a clever piece of situational comedy, shoots Enrico only seconds before Julia arrives in the onetime mafioso's hotel room. For Toni, it's love (and business) at first sight: Pocketing the check, he agrees to save Julia's job by impersonating Enrico. The only problem is that ornery Mafia boss Salvatore Marino (Guenther Kaufmann) sends a horde of other hitmen (and women) to finish the job Toni seems to have bungled. Well-worked script keeps several subplots in the air, including Bobfried's suspicions that Julia is dating someone else; the undeclared love of Bobfried by his secretary (Jasmin Schwiers); and the professional friendship of Toni and Bavarian hitman Helmut (Christian Tramitz, another Herbig alum). Latter thread provides the pic with one of its funniest running jokes. Tschirner is a total delight as a low-key ditz, whether bumping into bookcases or staggering drunk through the bullet-ballet finale, while Kavanian, markedly more disciplined than in his previous Herbig outings, handles the physical and verbal comedy with equal aplomb. One sequence alone, of him dispatching hordes of assassins during a date with Tschirner, sums up the pic's confident professionalism. Violence throughout is thoroughly cartoony.

A hitman whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 December, 2009.

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