Though not written by Quentin Tarantino, at the time, 2 Days In The Valley seemed like a distant cousin of Pulp Fiction with its eclectic ensemble and criss-crossing storylines.
With a strong cast that included James Spader, Charlize Theron, Teri Hatcher, Eric Stoltz, and Danny Aiello (Do The Right Thing), 2 Days In The Valley delivers the goods in a roller-coaster ride as it follows the intersecting lives of various Los Angelenos over 48 hours.
While the script was well paced and the acting quite good, ALL WE CARE ABOUT, was the battle between Charlize Theron and Teri Hatcher.
While this was basically Charlize’s film debut, Teri had garnered a following from her role in Tango & Cash (yes, in my opinion, she was the biggest thing going for that film) and from her role as Lois Lane on television’s The Adventures of Lois and Clark.
To find out more about Teri Hatcher, click here.
To find out more about Charlize Theron, click here.
(WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!)
The battle between Theron and Hatcher was widely covered in the mainstream media, and got a lot of attention, as they went at it in sexy spandex outfits! Meow!
Hatcher’s character Becky, an Olympics skiing failure who could never quite win the gold, actually hatches the plan, told in flashbacks, that sets the movie in motion. She puts out a contract on her husband, which is taken up by Lee Woods (Spader) and Dozmo Pizzo (Aiello).
After completing the job, Lee double crosses Dozmo and then hooks up with his lover, Theron’s Helga, in a pretty hot scene that Theron scorches in.
Later, it’s revealed that Helga is also an ex-lover of Becky’s now dead husband, which brings us to what could be the best catfight ever caught on mainstream film!
After Helga taunts Becky about her husband, and her lack of "female sexual" skills, Becky can take no more, and it’s on!
Becky blasts Helga with two very hard punches, and pushes her up hard against the wall, in mad anger.
To Becky's surprise and astonishment, she finds Helga is not a "just a pretty face", as Helga flips Becky around, and pushes her hard against the wall, while slamming against the dresser nearby!
Helga then judo flips Becky to the side, and sends her crashing against a circular table, and busts the startled woman down hard to the floor. Helga angrily rips Becky up by her hair, as blood has been drawn, and then throws her hard against another dresser.
Helga slams Becky's head into the dresser, roughly, twice, and then slams her hard against the wall once more. Helga rips back, and nails Becky with two BIG left and right punches, spins her around, punches her again, and then blasts Becky down to the ground with a big kick to the breasts!
Wow!
Initially, its looks like a one-sided affair, as Helga is dominating Becky through and through!
But, when Helga slowly walks over to the now bloody Becky, to do more damage, Becky feels the need to cheat, grabs a glass vase, and blasts Helga hard in the head with it as it shatters to pieces.
But, Helga still is not done!
The two women wrestle in spandex glory against the wall, until Becky roughly tosses Helga onto the bed. It's obvious that since Becky cheated, Helga feels the need to cheat as well, and goes for the easy way out, and reaches for her pistol!
If you want to know what happens next, I suggest you buy the film!
(you can buy the movie, soundtrack, posters, and various language editions below)
Editor's Note: The very first punch thrown by Teri Hatcher, actually connected in real life, and the producer's kept it in the film. (yes, it was an accident)
Written by Starr
Edited by Ringo
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