Post by Kimble on Feb 14, 2008 22:23:13 GMT -5
It was really good. I enjoyed it greatly. Judd Nelson is nutcase whose father was a cop. His cop father used to abuse him when he was a kid when he messed up doing cop exercises. Nelson was a reject from the LAPD academy & that drove him over the edge. He became a "goddamn phonebook killer." He'd dial the victims' number & if they answered, he'd hang up. The first victim didn't answer so he left a message: "I called to see if you were home, I have to kill you tonight." He'd then go kill them later on & leave the page of the phonebook with their number laying on or by the victim with a taunting message. When he killed them, he'd have them assist him killing themselves by putting their hands around the murder victim, like they were committing suicide. He'd ask a few "what was it like?(to kill themselves)" because in the end, that's ultimately what he wanted. He wanted to kill himself but couldn't do it so he started killing people in hopes that the cops would find him in the end & kill him. If you read the the last phonebook page message at the end, it reads "Thank you."
This was a great thriller. Full of suspense. Seeing Leo Rossi as a good guy/smart ass cop was great. He teamed with Robert Loggia. They both had amazing on-screen chemistry as partners. William Lustig makes one of his blatant cameos. I loved it. So obvious that it was him...again.
I definitely recommend this one. Jay Chattaway does the score as well. Sadly, Larry Cohen didn't write & produce it. That doesn't stop it from being a really rad movie though.