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Rick King is a talented American director of off-beat, low budget genre movies (such as Prayer of the Rollerboys, 1991), unfortunately far less known than Tarantino. Quick – named after its tough and speedy heroine played by Teri Polo – is among the most inventive and surprising films released direct to video in the '90s. In 2005, it again became available on DVD. The central plot intrigue is certainly kinky enough. Quick is a hitwoman hired to kill mild-mannered accountant Herschel (Martin Donovan from Hal Hartley's films), who has pilfered three million dollars from the mob. She is also the sex slave of Muncie, a nasty sadist who works inside the Drug Squad. Meanwhile, Muncie's law-abiding colleague Janet (Tia Carrere from Wayne's World [1992]) watches him with suspicion. The film is a delightful patchwork of diverse acting styles, moods and genres – changing spectacularly from a thriller to a road movie as Quick and Herschel fall in love and try to make off with the dough together. King has a fine way with the requisite action scenes, but it is his highly original handling of this odd love story which makes Quick a pleasantly disarming experience. MORE King: Rules of Obsession © Adrian Martin January 1994 |
