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Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion.
Release : | 1991 |
Rating : | 4.5 |
Studio : | Sotela Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Dylan McDermott Tom Sizemore Sharon Stone Charles Finch Ron Karabatsos |
Genre : | Thriller Mystery |
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Did you people see the same film I saw?
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
A compete and utter snoozefest. Reminded me of a dozen similar but better- executed movies from the 80s to early 90s. The lack of action did not portend suspense. It just lulled me to sleep.My scale:1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre"6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings10 - A Classic (6 of 430 movies have received this)
There's no reason to watch this unless you're in love with Dylan McDermott.Dylan plays a down on his luck writer, who is given a house to sell. It is a large spooky Spanish mansion. Since he is so down on his luck he doesn't even have a car with a roof on it to sleep in, he moves into the mansion.Apparently a very brutal bloody murder has taken place in this mansion.Shortly after he moves in, another man shows up wanting to rent a room. This oddball goes by the name of Eddie and says he works at a supermarket.So here you have two nutty fruit loops in an old spooky mansion. It comes to nothing.Sharon Stone puts in an appearance as Bruce's beautiful agent-- for all her role contributes to the film she might as well have not been there.The ending is as anticlimactic as the rest of the movie.One star.
There are three reasons to watch, and enjoy, this film... Sizemore, Sizemore and Sizemore.Dylan McDermott is alright and all, beefcake does nothing for me. A dozen guys could've played this part. A half dozen would've made something of it. Sharon Stone... anyone could have played her part, and she acted as if she was proving just that. She looked good doing it, no surprise. A little slow moving and the plot is very predictable but a nice ending semi-twist.It is Tom Sizemore's performance that makes this film worth watching. I always liked this guy but he does a good-to-great weirdo in this movie.7 out of 10... Too generous?? To each his own.
This movie should have been great.The acting is great. The locations are excellent, as is the photography, editing and so forth.The premise is clever, the opening scenes of the script intriguing, and the actions of the characters logical given the circumstances. A few scenes are riveting, and the sequence of events, at least for the first half of the movie, captures your attention completely.My feeling is that the film was cut, to the point where we are left with only the basic storyboard. The ending is questionable, probably because there are missing pieces of information.Hopefully, the whole film was shot, and someone will go back and re-edit the final version someday. Or perhaps I am filling in a script that was not revised enough - who knows? But my gut feeling is that this film could have been quite extraordinary.