BEFORE: I was convinced that linking actors would be impossible tonight - I'd had a plan, but then switched around "Tightrope" and "Play Misty For Me" in the line-up. Oh, well, actor linking has to come to an end sometime. But not just yet - turns out Clarice Taylor, who played the cleaning lady in "Play Misty For Me", was also in the film "Smoke" - she played the older lady who had a key scene at the end with Harvey Keitel (last seen in "Sister Act"), and he plays a detective in tonight's film.
THE PLOT: Cynthia comes forward to talk to detectives about the murder of her best friend's husband. The story is told as a series of flashbacks.
AFTER: Eh, this is pretty basic stuff. Maybe it's my fault, after watching films about serial killers, a little story about a domestic spat that gets violent doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
Yeah, there's something of a "Usual Suspects" vibe, as the cops keep asking questions and triggering more flashbacks, but when the complete story gets pieced together, it just earned something of a "Eh, so what?" reaction from me.
If the murder victim gets portrayed as a terrible person, someone who "deserved" to die, then they can't expect me to care when his killer is revealed. You can't have it both ways - killing somebody can't be both a good and a bad thing. Can it?
Also starring Demi Moore (last seen in "The Scarlet Letter"), Bruce Willis (last seen in "Billy Bathgate"), Glenn Headly, John Pankow, Frank Vincent.
RATING: 4 out of 10 carnival games
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