Jill Rips

Jill Rips (also known as Jill the Ripper and Tied Up[1]) is a 2000 Canadian-American film directed by Anthony Hickox starring Dolph Lundgren, based on a 1987 novel by Scottish writer Frederic Lindsay.

Jill Rips
DVD cover
Directed byAnthony Hickox
Produced byDamian Lee
Written byGareth Wardell
Kevin Bernhardt
StarringDolph Lundgren
Kristi Angus
Music byThomas Barquee
Steve Gurevitch
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
Edited byBrett Hedlund
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
2000
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Matt Sorenson, a former boxer and San Francisco cop, now makes a living collecting debts for small businesses. The brutal death of his high-powered younger brother, Michael, changes all that forever. Intent on finding his brother's killer, Sorenson infiltrates the powerful inner world of politics, business intrigue, and casual sex. Rejecting the police and media theory that the murder is the work of a female prostitute, Sorensen's focus falls on the corrupt big city businessman, Jim Conway. His obsession to discover the killer's identity mounts as other men are found murdered in a similar fashion. Sorenson loses all objectivity and becomes a vigilante.

Cast
  • Dolph Lundgren ... as Matt Sorenson
  • Danielle Brett ... as Irene
  • Sandi Ross ... as Mary
  • Charles Seixas ... as 'Big Jim' Conway
  • Kristi Angus ... as Frances

Novel reviews

The novel had been described by the Today programme as 'harrowing, but [its] grim, poetic vision makes it the best novel of its kind for years'. The Sunday Times said that 'violent and vicious, Lindsay's unsparing tale beds down with the imagination like a succubus'. Daily Express called it 'tautly and skillfully written—a genuine, can't-put-it-down, turn-off-the-telly-read'.

Home media

After a TV premiere on HBO under the alternate title Tied Up in January 2000, the movie was released on DVD on July 4, 2000 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment as Jill the Ripper (while keeping its original title Jill Rips in other countries).[2]

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References
  1. "JILL RIPS / Jill the Ripper - 2000". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  2. Jill the Ripper (2000) Dolph Lundgren
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