I must get this one off my chest, having just read the reviews posted to date. Why do so many want to slag this film so badly, even those who admit having liked, nay loved it? Is it a wish not to seem shallow in fawning over every work by a given great director? Could it be real disappointment? How so? The movie just rocks, still. Does the Wang Chung music so upset you? As has been pointed out, musical score is GOING to become dated in ANY movie. It's only today for one day fellows, get used to it.
As you'll have divined already, I liked the movie. No point describing the plot lines again, it's been well covered by the contributers below. Dafoe conjures up a suitably believable self motivated and brilliant but heartless villain figure. Peterson is a believable good cop driven to near madness in his goal of avenging his partner. The action sequences, the violence, graphic rather than gratuitous, and the unpredictability with which characters, ANY characters at any given time, may come up against some grim or at least painful event. There is no guessing or predicting the flow of events and the action is most gratifying. What else do you want from a picture show? It to cook you dinner? I enjoyed 'To Live and Die in L.A.' heartily and I may have to write myself a note to see it again and then undergo hypnosis so I can forget how it goes. Yes it's that good.
As you'll have divined already, I liked the movie. No point describing the plot lines again, it's been well covered by the contributers below. Dafoe conjures up a suitably believable self motivated and brilliant but heartless villain figure. Peterson is a believable good cop driven to near madness in his goal of avenging his partner. The action sequences, the violence, graphic rather than gratuitous, and the unpredictability with which characters, ANY characters at any given time, may come up against some grim or at least painful event. There is no guessing or predicting the flow of events and the action is most gratifying. What else do you want from a picture show? It to cook you dinner? I enjoyed 'To Live and Die in L.A.' heartily and I may have to write myself a note to see it again and then undergo hypnosis so I can forget how it goes. Yes it's that good.