The Drifter (1988)
1/10
Boring and dumb.
16 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Whoever wrote this believed that random "twists" are a good idea for some reason, that making the killer be someone whom it would make no sense to be and making the titular drifter a "hero" despite the fact that he's been an aggressive stalker who basically comes across the killer to fight him because he was in the middle of more stalking, himself (!) are good ideas. And the actual killer is annoying as all get-out, rambling on over and over in poorly written monologues with some vague "motivation" that makes no sense. The more the killer said, "I am the man who acts" like it was supposed to mean something, the funnier it got, which I'm certain wasn't what they intended. Then they made the killer hesitate to kill the protagonist because plot. He's a messy killer, clearly quickly stabbing and shooting people, so why deliberate with someone he hates for some reason?

There isn't a single likeable character in this boring, stupid, insulting film. And it ends up being yet another cheating story about two miserable people who cheat on each other but think getting married will somehow make their relationship better.

Just a mess. I tried to think of something to at least give it even two stars for and I can't. I enjoy a good bad movie, and there are some that I can give a decent rating to because they're still entertaining, but this film misses on so many levels, aside from being boring and insulting the viewers' intelligence.
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