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Fever
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.
| Release : | 1991 |
| Rating : | 5.3 |
| Studio : | HBO, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
| Cast : | Sam Neill Armand Assante Marcia Gay Harden Mark Boone Junior Joe Spano |
| Genre : | Drama Thriller |
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Excellent but underrated film
As Good As It Gets
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
This HBO original is pretty straightforward and pretty dumb. Armand Assante, once again doing a poor Stallone imitation, is Ray Wellman a ex-con just out on parole. All he wants is his old girlfriend Lacy, played by a young Marcia Gay Harden, back. Unfortunately for Ray, Lacy has hooked up with stalwart Elliot, played by Sam Neill. Further complicating matters is that Ray's old Cell buddies want some favors and they kidnap Lacy to make sure they happen. Ray and Elliot team up, despite mutual dislike.What follows is violent and slow, but Marcia Gay Harden shows us why she would win Oscar in the future, she's not as polished here, but her raw emotion, sincerity and some rather explicit nude scenes almost make this worth watching. Almost.Rent "Fever" (no the title doesn't fit the film) if your a fan of hers, otherwise skip it and be grateful it's stars went on to better things.Note-this is a hard "R" flick for language, violence and nudity.
I saw this great movie many years ago, and have been wanting to buy it...but could not remember the name. I thought it was very moving, and sad in parts. Assante is an incredible actor, creating a character out of favor with society and so genuine that we are compelled to identify and feel compassion. I especially liked the development of the characters' relationships throughout the movie.
What a stupid idea. Mr Snag, Sam Neill, is up against tough-fighting, tough-talking, tough leather jacket wearing Armand Assante. Neill is a lawyer and Assante is a streetwise crim just out of prison. Thing is, they're in love with the same woman. But she's been kidnapped by a gang of thugs, and the two guys fight over the best way to rescue her. Assante would have done better to turn up, beat the crap out of Neill, and handle the problem by himself, and spare us Neill's unconvincing performance.
Just about every actor in here seems kinda bored with the whole thing, and you probably will be about 20 minutes into it. It's pretty much one to miss.
