Found the disc in an old box and decided to watch this 30 year old movie. And was disappointed. Very good actors! But the storyline is awful.
Psychotic murderer seems to have supernatural powers in that he always finds the people he is looking for, gets into their house even though cops are watching it, always manages to surprise his victims in situations where they can't defend themselves, even though they know he is about and are on their guard. No explanation is given as to how he manages these things.
The scene where Jamie Lee handcuffs her partner to the steering wheel, and of course the killer appears just there and then, is such an obvious silly improbability that you can see it coming from a mile away. Predictability is a great weakness in the whole movie. And that is exactly what we don't want in a thriller.
Police bosses and lawyers are unbelievably stupid and unprofessional. Like when the killer is interviewed just after he has shot someone, there is no search for gunpowder residue on his clothes and hands. Just because he's a stock broker, they assume he could not have done it. And the cops are ridiculously easily intimidated by the mouthy lawyer. When Jamie Lee finds him digging for his gun in Central Park, they make no effort to find the gun they know will be somewhere in the vicinity.
Don't remember this as a particularöy bad movie from when I first watched it like 25 years ago. Possibly I'm getting cranky...
Psychotic murderer seems to have supernatural powers in that he always finds the people he is looking for, gets into their house even though cops are watching it, always manages to surprise his victims in situations where they can't defend themselves, even though they know he is about and are on their guard. No explanation is given as to how he manages these things.
The scene where Jamie Lee handcuffs her partner to the steering wheel, and of course the killer appears just there and then, is such an obvious silly improbability that you can see it coming from a mile away. Predictability is a great weakness in the whole movie. And that is exactly what we don't want in a thriller.
Police bosses and lawyers are unbelievably stupid and unprofessional. Like when the killer is interviewed just after he has shot someone, there is no search for gunpowder residue on his clothes and hands. Just because he's a stock broker, they assume he could not have done it. And the cops are ridiculously easily intimidated by the mouthy lawyer. When Jamie Lee finds him digging for his gun in Central Park, they make no effort to find the gun they know will be somewhere in the vicinity.
Don't remember this as a particularöy bad movie from when I first watched it like 25 years ago. Possibly I'm getting cranky...
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