12 Ridiculously Macho Movies You Must See
11. Split Second
Split Second is a low budget sci-fi thriller set in the future of 2008 (our past now – and we should all be happy this didn’t turn out to be the future). Due to global warming and flooding London is now partly submerged in water.
Rutger Hauer stars as Harley Stone, and hams it up to good effect, chewing through scenes like he goes through cigars. He buddies up with the comically named, Oxford educated cop, Dick Durkin, to solve the case of a serial killer that rips the hearts from its victims.
The killer seems an odd mix of genre tropes with something of both Predator and Alien in its inspiration but is an effective creation. The film rattles along with enough pace to distract from any minor plot-holes and given the low budget, it is littered with decent gore and other impressive effects work.
Durkin and Stone’s interplay offers some comic relief in the form of Durkin being bullied throughout by Stone and snapping to comical effect. Split Second was a really underrated action thriller in this period of Hauer’s career and well worth checking out.