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| Jennifer Eight |
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  (8/10)
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Runtime: 124 |
| Public Rating: 7.00 (8 votes) |
Director: Bruce Robinson |
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| Genre: Thriller |
Year: 1992 |
| Writer(s): Bruce Robinson |
| Reviewed by: Arturo García Lasca |
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Wherever I check there is a group of people who have trashed the film in their comments, but I came to the conclution that it means nothing since there is also other people whose opinion I share, they say this is a great thriller and it's a real shame it's so underrated. It has a few minor holes and maybe not the best ending? Sure, but that doesn't damage the entire film.
John Berlin (Andy García) and Freddy Ross (Lance Henriksen) are two detectives working on a case with very little evidence and clues: They found a hand in the garbage and it's determined it belongs to a young, blind girl. John follows his instinct and relates this case with other murders involving blind girls, but he's the only one who believes there is a serial killer out there, nobody backs him up.
The two detectives contact a friend of the deseased, another blind girl called Helena (Uma Thurman), who is able to tell them a few things, but nothing really important. John and Helena fall in love after a couple of visits he makes her, and then it becomes obvious to anyone that they have started a relationship. After this it just gets more thrilling, more people die and John is being accused of first degree murder, but he asks for a little bit of more time to try to find the killer; But he's going to have to do it by himself since nobody believes him.
The film could have been a little bit shorter and there are some minor flaws in the story that could have been fixed, but I believe this film was good enough to be better received than it was. The dark atmosphere and the great background music made the film seem very intriguing and suspenseful, and despite some people's opinions I believe that almost no scene was predictable. The story could have been written a little bit more carefuly, but all in all, it was a pretty interesting one.
The acting was also great, Uma Thurman's character might have been just a little bit imperfect but I reckon it's quite hard to play a blind woman if you're not actually blind, so I give her credit for that, nice performance. Andy García doing his usual job, he looked better in here than in some similar characters he's had in more recent films such as "Desperate Measures". And a honorable mention to Lance Henriksen, one of the most underrated actors in the business, I truly think he has done a great job with every character he's ever played, this was no exception. John Malkovich appears in the film with a rather short performance as Berlin's interrogator after he is accused of murder, and as always it was a pleasure to watch this high quality actor do what he does best. I'd recommend this one, I was lucky to catch it on TV while going through all the channels, and I was amazed I had never heard of this cool movie before.
Note: I'd like to point out something I read: The scenes with Uma Thurman in the bath tub weren't actually done by Uma, they used a stunt since she refused to show her body in this film, apparently so people wouldn't say she gets always naked, since she did in "Dangerous Liassons" and "Henry and June".
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