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COLOR OF NIGHT was a late-night fixture of HBO when we first got the service, so I saw that version (the Theatrical Cut) many, many times. I'd watched a number of "erotic thrillers" on HBO and Cinemax by then, so I was used to a certain amount of...Not Exactly Procedural Behavior on the part of the cops, lawyers, psychiatrists, and whatever other professionals got ensnared in the plot - but CoN took it to a Whole New Level of Crazy!
You see, Bruce Willis plays a psychiatrist with an attention-vampire of a female patient who he's finally annoyed enough with to say she needs to get over herself - so, to prove she's not just some petulant kid, she runs through his office window, smashing through it and falling to her death on the pavement below! He looks down, sees her bleeding out on the street below...and the red blood fades to grey because the guilt and trauma of her killing herself has made him mentally unable to see the color red - and that's in the first five minutes!
He goes to Los Angeles to spend some time with his old friend and fellow therapist, played by Scott Bakula - who writes self-help books for a lot of extra money and hosts a Monday Night Group Therapy Session (either that, or it's a big bowl of mixed nuts!). These - colorful cases for treatment include Brad Dourif as a self-righteous obsessive-compulsive, Lesley Ann Warren as a nymphomaniac/kleptomaniac, Kevin J. O'Connor as a rough trade artist (whose art career is paid for by his wealthy father!), Lance Hendriksen as a too-tightly wound ex-cop - and Ritchie, a teenage boy with a chip the size of Oregon on his shoulder.... ::cue Dramatic Chipmunk here!::
The next night, Bakula's doctor is violently murdered at his office, and Willis's doctor has to deal with Ruben Blades as a LAPD Detective Lieutenant who's style of criminal investigation is as - unorthodox? Eccentric? Completely and pointlessly nuts? Blade's cop convinces Willis to take over the group therapy to see if he "sniffs" who the killer might be, which he reluctantly agrees to do.
In the meantime, Willis literally collides with Jane March as "Rose", a very sensual young woman who quickly seduces him into an affair - after which he starts getting threatening phone calls, and a lot of potential lethal "pranks" like a venomous snake in the mailbox, the house he inherited from Bakula flooded, and a mysterious driver trying to force his car into oncoming traffic (a good, pulse-pounding car chase scene in here).
To say any more would spoil the completely insane solution, but suffice to say if you don't figure out what's going on with Rose the New Agey Seductress long before our hero does? You're not paying attention.
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the freaks come out at night
As a huge (and very new) Bruce Willis fan I had to watch this movie as it has gone down in history as being one of his most (in)famous roles ever. In this film Bruce is a group therapist on a quest to find a macabre killer who he suspects is a patient. Along the way he meets a trampy young girl (the very talented Jane March) that only manages to complicate matters.The overall story and the pace of the movie (after the first 35 minutes which moved like sand in an hourglass) was very strong. I enjoyed learning about all of the members of the group. They were all a bunch of oddballs. It's hard to say which was the most screwed up or who had the most issues.Ritchie was the most interesting to watch because although he was the youngest member of the group it was fairly apparent that he had been through something very shocking. Although she wasn't a member of the group sessions, I also thought that Bonnie added a lot to the overall story. Even though she was only in a couple of short scenes she somehow still always managed to pull the rug out from under Sondra.The movie ends with a surprise that no one could have seen coming because even though the story built up to it the ending still managed to remain a total surprise. Bruce was just fine in this movie, however I thought that perhaps his talents were a touch overused and overstated. Perhaps he would have been better suited as the police detective.I did think the movie was a little on the long side (over 2 hours). The love making and nudity was also rather excessive. Frankly, I do not want to see my movie stars undress because it leaves nothing to the imagination. It's also rather anticlimactic and just boring to watch. The DVD does not include anything besides the trailer. The lightening, picture quality and overall sound leaves a lot to be desired.Overall I give this movie 4.5 stars. "Color of Night" is probably one of the best mystery style suspense movies that came out during the '90s, because unlike the gaggle of other films, this one is both creative, wonderfully directed and includes a strong supporting cast.
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COLOR OF NIGHT un thriller parfait !
Reviewed in France on October 15, 2020Enrique L Chávez B
Joya magna
Reviewed in Mexico on August 24, 2018
Enrique L Chávez B
Reviewed in Mexico on August 24, 2018
El trabajo que hace Kino es magnífico E incluye comentarios del guionista (edición original) y la del director con los comentarios del mismo.
Lo único que pongo como “pero” es que la edición de cines no tiene ningún tipo de subtítulos y la del director, en inglés, unicamente.
El cover indica erróneamente que el widescreen es 2.35:01 y es 1.85
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