- Studio: TriStar Pictures
- Release Date: Mar 20, 1992
- Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
- Summary: A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger. Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone co-star in this thriller about a man who finds within himself an instinct more basic than survival. [Artisan]
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 20
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Mixed: 8 out of 20
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Negative: 8 out of 20
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90Grade-A pulp fiction. This erotically charged thriller about the search for an ice-pick murderer in San Francisco rivets attention through its sleek style, attractive cast doing and thinking kinky things, and story, which is as weirdly implausible as it is intensely visceral.
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75The film is for horny pups of all ages who relish the memory of reading stroke books under the covers with a flashlight. Verhoeven has spent $49 million to reproduce that dirty little thrill on the big screen.
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50The film is like a crossword puzzle. It keeps your interest until you solve it. Then it's just a worthless scrap with the spaces filled in.
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38Verhoeven's lurid thriller has moments of welcome self-parody, but most of the action manages to be sensationalistic, homophobic, and tedious at the same time. [20 Mar 1992, Arts, p.12]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 6 out of 15
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