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Genre | Suspense & Thriller |
Format | NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | Willem Dafoe, William Friedkin |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 56 minutes |
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"Searing Action, Nonstop Powerful... A Superbly Realized Film. ", The Hollywood Reporter
William Petersen (Manhunter) and Willem Dafoe (John Wick) face off in a deadly game of cat and mouse in this "riveting", (The New York Times) action-thriller from the Oscar-winning director of The French Connection. This raw tale of corruption and revenge features one of the most harrowing car chases ever caught on film and a shockingly explosive ending.
Federal agent Richard Chance (Petersen) has a score to settle, and hes through playing by the rules. Whether that means blackmailing a beautiful parolee, disobeying direct orders or hurtling the wrong way down a crowded freeway, he vows to take down a murderous counterfeiter (Dafoe) by any means necessary. But as the stakes grow higher, will chances obsession with vengeance ultimately destroy him.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 ounces
- Item model number : 43380420
- Director : William Friedkin
- Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 56 minutes
- Release date : November 22, 2016
- Actors : Willem Dafoe
- Studio : Shout Factory
- ASIN : B01JQXEMOQ
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,069 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Anyway, the old-timer agent gets kakked, in a particularly nasty fashion, during a solo investigation of a recent facility used by a particularly skilled counterfeiter Eric 'Rick' Masters, played by Willem Dafoe. Seems Masters has been under investigation for a while, and this agent just happened to get a little too close. (As the editorial review gives away this plot point, I didn't feel like I was spoiling anything giving it up, too...)
With the death of his friend and partner, the investigation becomes personal for Agent Chance, and the boundaries of the law and proper procedures become blurred in his quest to take Masters down. This raises some serious conflicts with Chance's new partner, John Vulovich, played by John Pankow.
The pace is a little uneven, but that wasn't a negative issue for me. Friedkin does a wonderful job in keeping the viewer drawn to the screen. Sometimes I wondered how the investigators got from point A to point B, as there was some minor muddling in the plot, but this did little to reduce my enjoyment of the movie as a whole.
One of my favorite parts of the movie was the car chase scene where agents Chance and Vukovich procure monies needed to make a deal with Masters outside of normal practices, and are subsequently pursued by a number of mysterious individuals interested in stopping them. The scene is extremely gripping and realistically portrayed, reminiscent of the chase scene from The French Connection (1971), also directed by Friedkin.
While this movie is not at the level of The French Connection, it certainly holds it's own. It was really nice to see Friedkin return close to form with this movie. Also, this movie is helped along with a strong, supporting cast including John Turturro, Dean Stockwell, and Debra Feuer.
The picture and sound quality are excellent, and there are enough special features to make this 'special edition' actually fit the label, including an alternate ending and deleted scene, commentary by the director, a making of documentary, a photo gallery, and various trailers for the movie. After watching the movie, be sure to watch the alternate ending and see how the studio almost botched the movie by trying to tack on a completely goofy ending for fear that the original ending would not sit well with audiences. It's truly hilarious and serves as an excellent example of what happens when studio executives try to get involved in the creative process.
Although I love the first Beverly Hills Cop, I think this movie was intended to be the precise opposite of that sort of film. Hard, gritty, with a deadly cast where the cops are just as determined as the criminals. This is to the world of counterfeiters and the secret service agents that track them the way that Jack Bauer and 24 is to the war on terror. Hyper-elevated reality, I guess you could say.
As you will learn from the documentary, many of the scenes of the movie were filmed after the actors were told to practice a scene. Then the director (William Friedkin) would say "cut", and they'd use that in the film!
I ended up buying the Wang Chung soundtrack to this film after seeing it, the various tracks really capture the feeling of the eighties. Wang Chung never made a movie soundtrack before, but you'd never know that from listening to this.
Besides the great retrospective documentary, the movie also includes an amazing commentary track from the director. I say amazing because he tells you this is not going to be a precise play-by-play for the film, and then gives you a great two hour lecture on how movies are made, and what went into this film. William Friedkin has such a great speaking voice you forgot he's the director, great to see the movie for itself and then to watch it with the commentary track.
Without trashing other people's work (Transporter 2 comes to mind), see this film and find out what great filmmaking is like. Not one bit of computer graphics in this one, every scene had to be filmed at the right moment. This is as real as the counterfeit world of LA gets.
Another advantage of watching an aged movie like this with the director narrative is the ability to research what has happened to actors you may have enjoyed but don't remember seeing anywhere else. I always use IMDB.com to do this. In this movie the two stars both have attractive girlfriends who played interesting roles. It was interesting to hear one of them on the remake and notice how she had aged (gracefully) in 16 years and then view their film history (limited). Also, I have always liked William Peterson for this role. The description of his commitment to theater and how he got this role is a tribute to William Friedkin as well as the actor.
If you like studying movie history this is a must purchase. If you have an interest in street life in LA or like 80s culture and it's influences, this is a great review. I strongly recommend this DVD.
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Oubliez définitivement, l'Arme Fatale, 48 Heures, le Flic de Beverly Hills.
William Friedkin signe un polar sans concession stylisé à l'extrème, une photo magnifique, une musique de Wang Chung qui a très bien vieilli, des parsonnages complexes sans manichéisme primaire, des acteurs peu connus du grand public qui font preuve d'une rare implication.
Film sans concession, le titre original en témoigne, Friedkin, sans compromis évite le happy end grotesque (que l'on peut voir sur la fin alternative en bonus du DVD US, heureusement écartée) sans spoiler le film, l'épilogue est une claque !
C'est Quentin Tarantino qui lors d'une interview au magazine Première vers 1995, me l'a fait découvrir.
J'ai pu le voir sur ARTE France la même année, et ce fut un choc.
Un film à revoir en boucle.
La scéne de poursuite en voiture est d'anthologie, souvent imitée, mais jamais égalée.
Au TOP 5 de mes films inoubliables.
