# Judas Kiss (1998)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Sebastian Gutierrez
**Written by**: Sebastian Gutierrez, Deanna Fuller
**Starring**: Carla Gugino, Simon Baker, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Gil Bellows, Til Schweiger

> *Four million dollars the hard way in the Big Easy.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Late-November neon reflecting off a senator’s wet windshield.

A computer mogul’s son is snatched at gunpoint while his wife’s SUV idles outside a fundraiser. Ransom footage arrives at both crime families and the FBI.

A fateful kiss seals two betrayals in one shot.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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