Parting Shots

– Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him get..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 39 Minutes
Release Year:
1998
Parting Shots (1998)

Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him getting cancer. After thinking things over he decides that since he is dying anyway that he will kill or destroy all the people that has ever crossed or hurt him during his entire life. So Parting Shots becomes literally the shots fired by Harry when he knows he is parting this earth. After all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry even falls in love with Jill and hires an assassin to kill him in style. However there is just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen want to talk to him over some murders...

Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Parting Shots (1998) - Trailer

Release Date:

14 May 1999

Language:

English

Director:

Michael Winner

Writer:

Michael Winner (story), Michael Winner (screenplay), Nick Mead (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins

Plot:

Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him getting cancer. After thinking things over he decides that since he is dying anyway that he will kill or destroy all the people that has ever crossed or hurt him during his entire life. So Parting Shots becomes literally the shots fired by Harry when he knows he is parting this earth. After all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry even falls in love with Jill and hires an assassin to kill him in style. However there is just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen want to talk to him over some murders...

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10