Directed by:
Lawrence KasdanScreenplay:
Lawrence KasdanCinematography:
Richard H. KlineComposer:
John BarryCast:
William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Meg Kasdan, Lanna Saunders, Thom Sharp (more)Plots(1)
Shyster lawyer Ned Racine begins a passionate affair with Matty Walker, wife of a wealthy Florida businessman. With the help of one of his criminal clients, bomb maker Teddy Lewis, Ned hatches a scheme to kill Matty's husband so that they can run away together with his money. But complications build upon double-crosses, launching the hapless lawyer into a situation far more treacherous than he imagined. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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This film didn't quite grab me the way it could have. I like film noir, but this one just felt like more of an erotic thriller, which is probably one of the reasons I was a bit bothered by it. Overall, though, it's a good film with a well-developed screenplay that makes you believe in the overall progression, which is still somewhat surprising.
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A quality crime thriller in the style of the neo-noir genre, which relies mainly on a sophisticated script and the attractive face of femme fatale Kathleen Turner. It has perhaps one major flaw, and that is its pace, which at times resembles a snail on a stroll. Nevertheless, Kathleen truly looks like a textbook vamp in her film debut and thus foreshadows the huge wave of popularity she gained in the United States and around the world in the 80s. It is precisely for her and for the final scene of the film, which deviates from the usual Hollywood happy endings, that I give it 4 stars. Overall impression: 70%.
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A very ingeniously constructed thriller. Kathleen Turner is every bit the equal of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. She plays a bitch so cunning and heartless it's chilling. The film's conclusion is indeed "optimistic". As life itself :)
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