Split Second (1992 film)

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Split Second
Split Second DVD cover
Directed by	Tony Maylam Ian Sharp
Produced by	Keith Cavelle (executive producer) Laura Gregory Chris Hanley (executive producer) Gary Scott Thompson (associate producer)
Written by	Gary Scott Thompson
Starring	Rutger Hauer Kim Catrall Neil DuncanSpence George
Music by	Wendy Carlos Francis Haines Stephen W. Parsons
Cinematography	Clive Tickner
Editing by	Dan Rae
Distributed by	Astro Distribution
Release date(s)	May 1, 1992
Running time	90 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000 (estimated)
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Split Second is a 1992 British science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, and Neil Duncan. The film is directed by Tony Maylam and Ian Sharp.

[edit] Plot summary

In the year 2008, global warming has taken effect and sea levels are rising so that large areas of London are now under a foot or more of water. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin (Duncan) is assigned to partner Harley Stone (Hauer), a burnt-out and highly cynical homicide detective who, according to his commanding officer, survives on "Anxiety, coffee and chocolate" after being unable to prevent the murder of his partner by a serial killer several years previously. Now however, the murders have begun again and Stone and Durkin are assigned the case. After investigating the scenes of several killings, they appear no closer to identifying the killer, with their only clues being that the murders seem to be linked to the lunar cycle, and that the killer has recombinant DNA strands, absorbing the DNA of seemingly anything he kills.

Finally, after Stone's girlfriend Michelle (Cattrall) is kidnapped, the detectives track the killer deep into the flooded and disused London Underground system and discover the truth: The killer is not human, and actually a mutant of some sort. After a tense battle in and around an abandoned Tube Train, Stone is able to pull the monster's heart from its chest and kill it. However, as the policemen leave the scene with Michelle in a rescue dinghy, bubbles of air are seen breaking the surface where the beast's body is submerged, suggesting that it may not be dead after all.