Synopsis
After spending two years in prison, Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. He then gets involved with a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagines.
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonHarry Barber
- Gina GershonNina
- Elisabeth ShueMrs. Donnelly / Rhea Malroux
- Rolf HoppeFelix Malroux
- Michael RapaportDonnely
- Chloë SevignyOdette
- Tom WrightJohn Renick
- Marc MacaulayMiles Meadows
- Joe HickeyLawyer
- Ralph WilcoxJudge
Recommandations
- 60
The New York Times
The film, adapted from a novel by James Hadley Chase, aspires to out-noir every other film noir that has been lumped under that popular term, including "The Big Sleep" (which it resembles), in plot trickery and steaminess. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie has elements of the genre and lacks only pacing and plausibility. You wait through scenes that unfold with maddening deliberation, hoping for a payoff--and when it comes, you feel cheated. - 50
Film Threat
What begins as a lush, pulpy gothic laced with intrigue quickly spins into a convoluted web of over engineered and preposterous plot twists. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The result, as a colleague once so aptly put it, is less film noir than film beige. - 50
ReelViews
There's not a moment of originality in the entire motion picture. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
There's no buildup and little shape. Scenes are strong, but the movie as a whole flags. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
The script, based on British pulp writer James Hadley Chase's novel "Just Another Sucker," is a muddle, and no actors, no matter how compelling or talented, could make its silly dialogue work. - 50
Chicago Reader
Because so many female characters spend so much time trying to seduce Harrelson (usually successfully), the notion that multiplicity enhances intrigue is pretty worn out by the time any duplicity is revealed.
