I've seen all the Dean Koontz adaptations except for one, the oh-so-elusive THE FACE OF FEAR. And I've got to tell everyone that this was by far the best of 'em all. I don't know what the budget for this movie was, but it LOOKED pretty damn expensive. The director of photography is immensely talented-this film looked a lot better than most theatrical releases I've seen. Teleplay writer Stephen Tolkin is a very talented writer in his own respect... he created some really awesome dialogue here and changed the character of Drew Oslett. I'm not at all mad about this-the change worked VERY well. He made Drew a more sympathetic character than Koontz created...and he did so well. My only complaint about the movie is the ending... I was hoping the movie makers would use the book's ending, which was very exciting. But alas, they settled for a shoot out which wasn't nearly as kinetic as what Koontz created. All in all, I give this flick ***.5/****
Review of Mr. Murder
