Quicksand
2001 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Jake Mellows (Michael Keaton) is a divorced American banker sent to Monaco to investigate the possibility of laundering of money. Apparently the laundry of money was made through the production of films. In Monaco, he meets Lela Forin (Judith Godrèche), the financial manager of a famous production films company, and Michael Caine, a decadent, alcoholic and gambler previously famous actor of action movies. Being in Europe, makes him promise his teenager daughter to visit her in London. Then, he gets absurdly involved in the murdering of the ports chief of police of Monaco. Then he realizes that most of the high level characters of the story are somehow involved with corruption. Next, his daughter is kidnapped. Jake will have to fight against powerful persons trying to save his daughter and himself and prove his innocence.
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Michael Keaton · Michael Caine · Judith Godrèche · Rade Serbedzija · Matthew Marsh · Xander Berkeley · Jean-Yves Berteloot
Soundtrack Anthony Marinelli
Screenplay Timothy Prager
Cinematography Walter McGill
Original title Quicksand
4.7
316 votes (FilmAffinity)
Available on
Add to lists
Share