Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1993 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Peter Medak, written and produced by Hilary Henkin, and starring Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, and Roy Scheider.

It follows a psychosexual cat-and-mouse game between a corrupt cop (Oldman), and a ruthless mob assassin (Olin) who begin to fall in love.

Jack Grimaldi is an NYPD homicide detective who seems to have everything: a lavish lifestyle; a beautiful wife, Natalie; and an adoring teenaged mistress, Sheri.

However, Jack only affords his lifestyle because he's on the take, doing favors for Mafia boss Don Falcone in exchange for large cash bribes.

Jack's latest task is to reveal the location of Nick Gazarra, a mobster-turned-state's witness protected by federal agents.

Still ambivalent about his double life, Jack is assigned as Mona's minder and transports her to a safe house to await pick-up by federal agents.

"[8] New York Times journalist Janet Maslin lauded Oldman as a "master craftsman" who gives an "uncanny performance as a slang-spouting American", but concluded, "For all its promise, and for all the brittle beauty of Dariusz Wolski's cinematography, Romeo Is Bleeding eventually collapses under the weight of its violent affectations.

"[9] A favorable Peter Travers in Rolling Stone called the film a "scorcher of a thriller" with a "knockout performance" by Olin.

[10] In a retrospective review, Dennis Schwartz referred to the film as a "senseless, tasteless and demented postmodern noir", but commended Olin's "menacing" turn as well as the initial interaction between Oldman and Scheider.

[11] Randy Miller of DVD Talk wrote, "It's a wild and entertaining ride, to be sure... but not one without its fair share of bumps along the way, and one you probably won't revisit on a regular basis.