Don't Get Me Started (1994)

Genres - Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Black Comedy, Crime Comedy, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)  |   Run Time - 76 min.  |   Countries - Germany, United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Linda Rasmussen

Don't Get Me Started a combined German and British production directed and written by Arthur Ellis, is a not very funny, not particularly mysterious comic film noir. Jack Lane (Trevor Eve) wants to quit his job as mob hitman and start a new life working as an insurance salesman. Jack, who is mentally disturbed, kills a co-worker and tries to hide the crime. Insurance investigator Jerry Hoff (Steven Waddington) is brought into the case to find out the truth. The direction by Arthur Ellis in uninspired, and he gets only mediocre performances from his cast of stock characters from previous noir films. There is nothing new here, and the attempts at black humor are labored and not very convincing on any level.

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hitman, impersonation, investigation, killing, murder, redemption, salesperson