I wasn't too impressed with this film to start with. I felt it was trying too hard to be a 1940s tough guy detective with a cast never really suited to it, our main character is meant to be some kind of special agent or something but I wasn't sold. It's the 1979 on this picture and that old act and scripted dialogue won't work with the dry sardonic tough guy lead man, it's a real throwback. The Creamy course and white suits just adds to the confusion. Where the story does start to work though is as an effective mystery with our lead character now jumpy and paranoid after the death of his partner.
The mystery Notes, the strong adult elements all worked for me, it clearly tries to pay Homage to Hitchcock too as does the music, right down to its ending. The cinematography is also quite well. A mixed review.
The mystery Notes, the strong adult elements all worked for me, it clearly tries to pay Homage to Hitchcock too as does the music, right down to its ending. The cinematography is also quite well. A mixed review.