Synopsis
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
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Cast
- Rutger HauerHarley Stone
- Kim CattrallMichelle
- Michael J. PollardThe Rat Catcher
- Alastair DuncanDet. Dick Durkin
- Alun ArmstrongThrasher
- Pete PostlethwaitePaulsen
- Ian DuryJay Jay
- Roberta EatonRobin
- Tony SteedmanPat O'Donnell
- Steven HartleyFoster McLaine
Recommendations
- 60
TV Guide Magazine
Very fast-paced, SPLIT SECOND is an example of the men-versus-monster genre, with a British setting providing a fresh twist. - 40
Empire
As a throwaway 80's B-movie you could do much worse. Hauer, as is his way, plays the rough and silent type, this time a cop with Scot Duncan as his partner. There is enough gore, monsters and violence to satisfy but a good plot is sadly lacking and worst of all, they even managed to make Kim Catrall look unattractive. - 40
Washington Post
Scriptwise, you'll be left thinking "if it only had a brain." Like last year's "Hardware," this British effort is simply too talky. Those who seek deeper meaning will enjoy the astrological and satanic explanations, even if they make no sense. - 38
The Seattle Times
Sloppy writing, inconsistent tone and gaping plotholes make this film look more like instant video product. [1 May 1992, p.34] - 30
Variety
Split Second is an extremely stupid monster film, boasting enough violence and special effects to satisfy less-discriminating vid fans. - 30
The New York Times
Within the genre of supernatural thrillers, Split Second is fairly dull. Mr. Hauer's Stone is an expressionless, unsympathetic lug who grunts his lines in a near monotone that sometimes becomes unintelligble in the movie's muffled soundtrack. The film is so desperate to create tingles that poor Miss Cattrall has to endure two protracted nude scenes -- one in a shower, the other in a bathtub -- in which she is menaced. Neither is especially spine-tingling. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Split Second turns out to be one of those dreaded “so-bad-it's-good” debacles, and a marginal one at that. Ed Wood, where are you when we need you? - 25
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
LARGE GROUPS of highly paid Hollywood people spend a great deal of time deciding on titles for new movies. Rarely do they succeed as well as with ''Split Second,'' whose title perfectly describes the length of entertainment in store for the moviegoer. [1 May 1992, p.3G]
