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06/24/06
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 14 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Synopsis: A brooding adaptation of the unforgiving words of writer Jim Thompson. Ex-boxer Kid Collins escapes from a sanitarium in which he was remanded for killing an opponent in the ring. He stops in a bar for drinks and meets a sexy, older woman named Fay. Though at first she rebuffs Collins, she later... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
Director: James Foley
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After the compromised result of the noirish At Close Range, Foley shows imporovement in giving Jim Thompson's 1955 tale the right tone and visuals, though he should have cast the femme fatale with a better actress than Rachel Ward.
02/16/06
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01/20/06
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The film is a hot-wired crime thriller that captures [Jim] Thompson's flair for hard action, malicious wit and fevered eroticism.
05/12/01
If you actually force yourself to sit all the way through After Dark, My Sweet, it'll almost certainly leave you feeling punch-drunk.
01/01/00
If anything, though, Foley makes Thompson's killing universe too inviting, too sunny and comfortable. He's missed the essence of Thompson, but all in all, there are worse ways of failing.
01/01/00
Foley has brought the novel subtly up to date, and does a good job of maintaining Thompson's artful ambiguity.
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