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Liam Neeson's battered gloomy features make him a natural for film noir, and the 1991 Under Suspicion makes exemplary use of him as Tony Aaron, a private eye headed for the death cell. Part of the film's strength is its 1959 setting--this is a past where people are hanged, where homosexuality is a crime and where people fake adulteries to get divorces. One such faked adultery leads to the death of Aaron's wife and their client. His own chequered past--he was thrown off the force for getting a colleague killed--means that most of the local police want him to be guilty. Only his best friend (Kenneth Cranham) even begins to be prepared to believe in his innocence and the possible guilt of the client's mistress, Angeline (Laura San Giacomo). Where Under Suspicion is content to recreate the seedy Brighton of the 1950s, and lives trapped by an unthinking puritanism, it is excellent. Unfortunately, much of this emotional power is dissipated by an over-elaborate plot in which artists' signatures, interlocking scams and extortions play a large part. --Roz Kaveney
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A brooding thriller that takes place in Brighton in the 1950s. Tony Aaron (Liam Neeson) is a maverick ex-cop who now makes a living as a private eye setting up fake adultery cases with the help of his wife Hazel. One day, Aaron bursts into a hotel room to find Hazel and their client, a famous American painter, murdered; the painter's body mutilated, and his thumb, with which he signed his paintings, cut off and missing. Two lead suspects are brought to the fore: the painter's widow and his mistress Angeline (Laura San Giacomo). Tony soon falls in love with Angeline but the investigation is turned on it's head when it appears the victims were murdered with Tony s gun and a neighbour leaves a suicide note claiming that he is the killer. Aaron is found guilty of the killings, but right before his execution, a surprising piece of new evidence is discovered that changes everything....
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I am astonished to be the (apparently) first person to put a review on this....15 years after the film was released. Under Suspicion has to be one of the most memorable, cleverest thrillers we've seen in a long, long time; maybe even as far back as Dressed to Kill. The whodunnit plot is excellent and full of red herrings, the acting utterly convincing, film noir screenplay outstanding and the twist at the very end left us open-mouthed and immediately we re-wound the tape and watched the film all over again. I think this actually is Liam Neeson's finest performance, even better than Schindler's List. The courtroom/jail scene is compelling. I think the critics must have been asleep to write anything less than what is written here.
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I remember seeing this when it came out and was really impressed with how accurate it was in recreating the 50s. The film has excellent atmosphere and really evokes a damp, crusty seaside town in slightly grim 50s England. The whodunit is good too - something that has gradually disappeared from the screen. There are virtually no whodunnit films today, they only exist on TV. However, when I first saw it one thing bothered me - Laura San Giacomo is completely our of place in this film and seemed terribly miscast.
I watched the film again years later and the same thoughts struck me once again - brilliant build up and slow burn for the first hour. The second half falls apart a bit too. But the main problem is the miscasting of Giacomo in such a key role as the femme fatale.
If you like clever detective stories and whodunits and you want a film set in an interesting and different time and space (i.e. instead of boring modern Hollywood etc), this film comes very highly recommended.
I watched the film again years later and the same thoughts struck me once again - brilliant build up and slow burn for the first hour. The second half falls apart a bit too. But the main problem is the miscasting of Giacomo in such a key role as the femme fatale.
If you like clever detective stories and whodunits and you want a film set in an interesting and different time and space (i.e. instead of boring modern Hollywood etc), this film comes very highly recommended.
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If you like an old fashioned suspence this will keep you guessing. Definitely worth the money to keep in your collection.
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