Things can't get any better for unhappy and unsuccessful photographer Harry Sterndale. Harry is informed by his doctor that he is dying from cancer and that he has only 6 weeks left to live. Harry reflects on his miserable life and remembers the people who made his life a misery: his snob ex wife Lisa who cheated on him. His greedy financial advisor Gerd Layton who took everything from him. His former business partner Maurice Walpole who had him fired from a ad agency and his childhood bully Graham Cleverly. Harry decides to pay them all a visit and to give them the bad news and also to get rid of them. Illegally buying himself a pistol, Harry sets off to get his revenge on those who made his life miserable. After gunning down Lisa and drowning Gerd in his swimming pool. Harry takes Gerd's housekeeper Lisa out to a restaurant and Lisa decides to help Harry kill Maurice and Graham. However, things begin to go wrong when Harry kills ignorant restaurant chef Renzo Locatelli who was rude to Harry and Jill at the restaurant and the police begin investigating Lisa, Gerd and Renzo's murders and after Harry shoots and kills Graham, Lisa is arrested by the police when Harry kills Maurice in a car bombing and Harry decides to hire aging hitman Jamie Campbell-Stewart to kill him so he doesn't go to prison and so Jill can be taken care of, unaware Harry's doctor made a misdiagnosis and that he is isn't dying from cancer and has a stomach ulcer.
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- How long is Parting Shots?1 hour and 39 minutes
- When was Parting Shots released?August 15, 1999
- What is the IMDb rating of Parting Shots?5 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Parting Shots?Harry Sterndale, Jill Saunders, Maurice Walpole, Gerd Layton, Lisa, Renzo Locatelli, Freda, Jamie Campbell-Stewart, Inspector Bass, Detective Constable Ray, and others
- What is the plot of Parting Shots?When the doctors tell Harry Sterndale to get his affairs in order, he does just that - with a vengeance. With nothing to lose, Harry is out to give everyone who ever "done him wrong" something to remember him by: exactly what they deserve.
- What genre is Parting Shots?Comedy, Crime, Romance, and Romantic Comedy
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