Story is so flat as to be practically catatonic
acting flat and wooden McGillis and Weller dull as dishwater here
Charles Dunning often inaudible speech off-putting .... why mumble when you could speak; does it make you sound more of a villain?
The historical point about US barging into Dominican Republic to stave off one more communist island a shameful chapter in an endless history of shameful chapters
... and yet and yet there is a charm here ... maybe the locale maybe Elmore maybe The Dominican vibe ... ha maybe Chick Corea playing the score ... maybe just 80s Noir special charm
a sort of bad version of Graham Greene on the corner of Raymond Chandler (hey i have just summarized Leonard here)
not a great film but not awful ... might watch it again see if i can understand more of Dunning this time ,... collecting 80s Noir US on VHS of late just because we can :)
PS someone was saying they did not know what Cat Chaser referred to: It was the name of his platoon/unit in 65. (sez so in the book)
PS 2 got intrigued by the story so got the book Leonard wrote and adapted for scenario with co-writer. Turns out they stayed REALLY CLOSE to the book; even lifting entire conversations practically verbatim Really enjoying the book AFTER the film as I can see scenes from the film whilst reading ...
acting flat and wooden McGillis and Weller dull as dishwater here
Charles Dunning often inaudible speech off-putting .... why mumble when you could speak; does it make you sound more of a villain?
The historical point about US barging into Dominican Republic to stave off one more communist island a shameful chapter in an endless history of shameful chapters
... and yet and yet there is a charm here ... maybe the locale maybe Elmore maybe The Dominican vibe ... ha maybe Chick Corea playing the score ... maybe just 80s Noir special charm
a sort of bad version of Graham Greene on the corner of Raymond Chandler (hey i have just summarized Leonard here)
not a great film but not awful ... might watch it again see if i can understand more of Dunning this time ,... collecting 80s Noir US on VHS of late just because we can :)
PS someone was saying they did not know what Cat Chaser referred to: It was the name of his platoon/unit in 65. (sez so in the book)
PS 2 got intrigued by the story so got the book Leonard wrote and adapted for scenario with co-writer. Turns out they stayed REALLY CLOSE to the book; even lifting entire conversations practically verbatim Really enjoying the book AFTER the film as I can see scenes from the film whilst reading ...