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  • 1992
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1992
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.

Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan

Written By: George Putnam, John Katchmer, Lewis Colick

  • 1992
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1992
  • R
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 51 m

Unlawful Entry

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.

Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan

Written By: George Putnam, John Katchmer, Lewis Colick

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
61
65% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
8 Reviews
4% Negative
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91
Unlawful Entry is a heck of a nail-biting suspense piece, and a surprisingly intelligent movie about the paradox of police brutality. [26 June 1992]
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
80
Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, "Unlawful Entry" is still a very effective victimization thriller. Strongly following the "Fatal Attraction" pattern--to the point of having a very similar climax--well-crafted concoction trades in the sorts of elemental concerns and fears that get people mightily worked up. This, combined with controversy pic may engender based on its prominent plot element of excessive police violence, gives it the potential to become a summer sleeper hit.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
75
The acting is consistently good, with Liotta, in particular, creating a masterful portrait of implacable, blue-eyed terror--a man equally at ease explaining his vocation to a class of schoolkids ("I'm here to be your friend") as staging a cold-blooded murder. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
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67
Oddly enough, Unlawful Entry can keep you from sleeping but when you wake up the next moring, it's hard to remember much about the movie.
By Kathleen Maher FULL REVIEW
60
Unlawful Entry manages to be more gripping than it is convincing, thanks to the story's inevitable movement toward a violent showdown.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
50
By the time the boundaries between innocence and injuriousness have been drawn, it is apparent that the film could greatly benefit from more doubt than certainty.
By Clifford Terry FULL REVIEW
38
The script is too eager to rush to the high-concept payoff without providing dramatic or characterizational underpinning. [26 June 1992, p.34]
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
8.0
70% Positive
7 Ratings
30% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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30% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Largo Entertainment, JVC Entertainment Networks
Release Date Jun 26, 1992
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Desire, passion, lust... It's a deadly game of obsession.
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