Academy Award winner. We saw it and didn't like it when it came out so thought we'd give it another go. No go. It has high production values, which imparts to its tawdry plot an unearned high seriousness. This is really a Roger Corman film. One other thing. Both of us thought that the character was based on a real murderer--again, because of the "seriousness" of the whole endeavor. But no, it's all fiction . . . ghoulish fiction. We hooked it after one hour. No more tries for this one
Weakest. Tommy is in prison. His son, Ryan, is now 17. Catherine the cop's sister, Clare, takes Ryan to visit Tommy in prison, without telling Catherine. Not good. Sisters have a break when Catherine finds out. Plot two: PE teacher, abusive to wife. She is getting drugs from local Indian/Pakistani pharmacist. Husband finds out and has wife arrested! Pharmacist worried . . . plots to kill husband. Wife agrees, then changes her mind. Pharmacist in a rage kills her. (All a bit of a stretch, as he is a mild mannered family man.) Tommy escapes from his court hearing, hides out, gets in touch with Ryan. Plan is to go to Marabella, Spain together. Tommy's "helpers" get worried about Tommy and decide to do him in. Instead, he kills them . . . and is knifed himself. He returns to Catherine's house, looks through a photo album showing Catherine took good care of Ryan, and decides not to kill her....
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