Deadfall
When Joe Dolan (Michael Biehn)accidentally kills his father in a scam gone bad, his dying words lead Joe to his Uncle Lou (James Coburn). Lou is working on a con worth more than $2 million in diamonds and Joe is drawn into the scheme.
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Talented and excellent script, music, acting, thrill, suspense - Porkchop
DEADFALL (1993), packs a whallop of a punch in terms of
entertainment, from truely talented aspects, with an infinite
number of elements that keeps spectators interested from start to
finish.
First, some may readily underestimate Michael Biehn's acting
performance. This is unfair, considering the special combination he
makes up with Sarah Trigger in this picture, the natural feel to the
acting imparted to viewers, the edge, the excitement, if not the
youth of both showing when filmed. As for Trigger, at the time, a very youthful
actress, portrays herself as a shy, timid young woman caught in an
underworld, in which she's turned into a pro, targeting marks to
score cash.
Secondly, the audio of this movie is quite reminscent of Bartok's
string quartets, or of Stravinsky's violin opuses, and as such,
enhances skillfully the tense situations, bringing beauty and
elegance.
Third, Nick Cage plays the best role I've ever seen for him, as a
psychotic collector of underworld debts, and participant in the
house of mirrors schemes thought up for getting cash. His demeanor
is perfect for the story's locations chosen, namely, peep show,
strip bar, and the consequences of booze, pills, coke, as rage,
confusion, desperation, dark alley stabbings, throat slashings.
I should underline the acquired taste of this movie genre, similar
to boxing in terms of brutality yet spectacle. The gratuitous nudity
of Trigger and peep shows may raise eyebrows among some.
Biehn in the end, questions whether he belongs in this world, where
greed, money, house of mirrors, the marks are victims and lack of
ethics is tolerable in the long-term, the absence of remorse among
those taking part, dog eat dog at its most revealing.
In conclusion, the script, music, acting, thrill, suspense are
excellent, taking viewers in this imaginary world for 90 mins
flawlessly.
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Talented and excellent script, music, acting, thrill, suspense - Porkchop
DEADFALL (1993), packs a whallop of a punch in terms of
entertainment, from truely talented aspects, with an infinite
number of elements that keeps spectators interested from start to
finish.
First, some may readily underestimate Michael ...