Synopsis
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops who answered their call. He helps them install a security system, begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol angling to pry into the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.
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Cast
- Kurt RussellMichael Carr
- Ray LiottaOfficer Pete Davis
- Madeleine StoweKaren Carr
- Roger E. MosleyOfficer Roy Cole
- Ken LernerRoger Graham
- Deborah OffnerPenny, Karen's Friend
- Johnny Ray McGheeErnie Pike
- Carmen ArgenzianoJerome Lurie
- Andy RomanoCaptain Russell Hayes
- Sonny Carl DavisNeighbor Jack
Recommandations
- 80
Empire
A wonderfully nasty turn from Liotta, along with a novel treatment of familiar plotlines, elevates Kaplan's effort into the 'must see' category. - 80
Variety
Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, "Unlawful Entry" is still a very effective victimization thriller. Strongly following the "Fatal Attraction" pattern--to the point of having a very similar climax--well-crafted concoction trades in the sorts of elemental concerns and fears that get people mightily worked up. This, combined with controversy pic may engender based on its prominent plot element of excessive police violence, gives it the potential to become a summer sleeper hit. - 80
Chicago Reader
An efficient little thriller that imparts loads of queasiness and reasonable amounts of suspense while serving as an excellent corrective to the shameless celebrations of LA police power and brutality in Lethal Weapon 3. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is a thriller, with all the usual trappings of a thriller, but the director, Jonathan Kaplan, is able to place the story in a plausible world. The performances go for unstrained realism, the settings are slice-of-life, and until the final scenes even the sicko cop seems somewhere within the realm of possibility. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
The acting is consistently good, with Liotta, in particular, creating a masterful portrait of implacable, blue-eyed terror--a man equally at ease explaining his vocation to a class of schoolkids ("I'm here to be your friend") as staging a cold-blooded murder. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. - 70
Time Out
Solid performances lend weight to the flakier elements, with Liotta turning crazed excess into something wild. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
An efficient, intense formula thriller. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Oddly enough, Unlawful Entry can keep you from sleeping but when you wake up the next moring, it's hard to remember much about the movie.
