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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Walter Hill
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Actors:
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Elizabeth McGovern,
Allan Graf,
J.W. Smith,
David Schramm,
Yvonne Bryceland,
Ed Zang,
John P. Fertitta,
Mickey Rourke,
Ellen Barkin,
Morgan Freeman,
Forest Whitaker,
Lance Henriksen,
Scott Wilson,
Peter Jason,
Jeffrey Meek
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Duration:
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94 min.
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Rating:
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(5.8/10)97
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Plot Summary:
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A m‚tier criminal who has been deformed since birth is prearranged a different face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is truly planning his satisfaction on the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to poky.
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Johnny Handsome
One of Rourke's better films, in which he plays a career criminal, deformed since birth, who gets a fresh lease of life when he is given a new face and paroled. He then seeks revenge on the folks who incarcerated him and killed his best friend (Henriksen and a marvellously catty Barkin, looking splendidly evil in a black leather get-up). Hill's film is more interesting than your average action no-brainer, largely because its central figure is more a pathetic anti-hero than anything else, someone who has never been given a chance to make a life for himself on account of his features. Quirky.
Johnny Handsome
One of Rourke's happier films, in which he plays a rush criminal, deformed since extraction, who gets a strong sublease of life when he is given a young face and paroled. He then seeks give tit for tat on the folks who incarcerated him and killed his upper crust confidante (Henriksen and a marvellously catty Barkin, looking splendidly mischief in a black leather make good one's escape-up). Hill's film is more interesting than your average action no-brainer, large because its central role is more a pathetic anti-hero than anything else, someone who has in no way been given a unintentionally to make a vitality against himself on account of his features. Quirky.
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