With all the camera time devoted to a nude Angie Dickenson, I wondered if I had inadvertently turned on "Emmanuel Takes A Shower" instead of "Dressed To Kill". While seeing details of early 80s culture was fun, the gratuitous sex and nudity were boring and unnecessary. Add in the racist stereotypes and you have movie that really takes you back in time in a bad way.
Thankfully, Dennis Franz arrives as a prototype Andy Sipowicz to inject life in the movie. With the interminably long "action" shots and long camera pans, the movie is listless. The extra ten minute dream sequence is completely unnecessary and is a trick on the viewer. The unbelievable escape and ending in the mental hospital are nothing short of amateurish.
I have no idea what people see in this movie and certainly don't understand why any movie studio would have given DePalma money to make more films. But I'm glad they did if for no other reason than "The Untouchables".
Thankfully, Dennis Franz arrives as a prototype Andy Sipowicz to inject life in the movie. With the interminably long "action" shots and long camera pans, the movie is listless. The extra ten minute dream sequence is completely unnecessary and is a trick on the viewer. The unbelievable escape and ending in the mental hospital are nothing short of amateurish.
I have no idea what people see in this movie and certainly don't understand why any movie studio would have given DePalma money to make more films. But I'm glad they did if for no other reason than "The Untouchables".