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Jeff Bridges plays alcoholic LA drugs cop Matthew Scudder who shoots a suspect in a raid and loses both his job and his wife. He tries to clean up his act and quit drinking but this isn't easy when a hooker named Sunny begs him for protection and winds up dead. Scudder is drawn back into the world of vice as he hunts down her killer among LAs seedy underbelly of pimps and drug dealers.
A gripping final film from legendary director Hal Ashby with screenplay by Oliver Stone and a supporting cast led by Rosanna Arquette and Andy Garcia.
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If you are a Bridges fan then you will see this as one of his best films, along side 'True Grit'
He has the knack of making you believe that he is the character he is playing.
A truly remarkable film, watch over and over.
He has the knack of making you believe that he is the character he is playing.
A truly remarkable film, watch over and over.
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After killing an unarmed man in a drug bust, a cop (Jeff Bridges in an uneven performance, his drunk scenes are awful) resigns from the force and becomes an alcoholic, destroying his marriage in the process and eventually leading him to join Alcoholics Anonymous. When a hooker (Alexandra Paul) comes to him for help in escaping the prostitution life, what at first seems like a chance at redemption leads him down a dark path involving drugs and murder. The last film of director Hal Ashby is a far cry from the days of BEING THERE and SHAMPOO. It seems nobody was happy with the finished product. Ashby was fired after the film wrapped and had nothing to do with the post editing process. Co-screenwriter Oliver Stone wanted his name taken off the credits (it wasn't) because Ashby threw out his script and reputedly had the cast improvise (it sure sounds like it). After all that, you'd think the film would be a hideous mess. Well, it is a mess but an entertaining one in spite of the erratic acting and writing. The film is pure 80s in look and feel especially the James Newton Howard synthesizer underscore. With Andy Garcia in his star making role (he seems to be channeling Pacino from SCARFACE), Rosanna Arquette and Randy Brooks.
The Second Sight DVD from Great Britain is a decent anamorphic wide screen (1.85) no frills transfer that looks to be duped from a German print as the film's title is in German in the opening credits.
The Second Sight DVD from Great Britain is a decent anamorphic wide screen (1.85) no frills transfer that looks to be duped from a German print as the film's title is in German in the opening credits.
while he was completely wasted....low rent in every aspect...apart from the title, which is where all the effort clearly went. ridiculous story line with AA meetings as a back-drop.
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