 | Starring: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, Laura D... Review: In a memorably disturbing 1970 film called The Honeymoon Killers director Leonard Kastle, replacing a fired Martin Scorsese, told the true-crime story of Raymond Fernandez (Tony LoBianco) who teamed up during the 1940s with the overweight and overwrought Martha Beck (the superb Shirley Stoler) to con and then kill rich, lonely widows. Raymond was the sex bait while the jealous Martha would pass herself off as his sister, a nurse. The film spawned a cult and a 1996 Mexican remake, Deep Crimson. So, you might ask, why do it again? Director-screenwriter Todd Robinson has a good reason. Long Island Detective Elmer C. Robinson who helped capture these honeymoon killers and witnessed their execution in 1951, was Robinson's grandfather. Todd grew up hearing stories about the grisly case. By... Rating: 2 Stars |
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