Unlawful Entry (1992)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:21
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A tense thriller that plays on the fears of contemporary urban life, as well as age-old sexual anxiety. Michael and Karen Carr are the couple with everything: good looks, a happy marriage and a... A tense thriller that plays on the fears of contemporary urban life, as well as age-old sexual anxiety. Michael and Karen Carr are the couple with everything: good looks, a happy marriage and a gorgeous house in an upscale section of Los Angeles. This all changes the night their home is broken into and the wife terrorized at knifepoint by the burgler. Officer Pete Davis, the comforting, supportive policeman who arrives at the scene of the crime, seems like a God-send -- until he starts worming his way into the couple's life in an increasingly inappropriate and disturbing manner. [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe, Ray Liotta, Roger E. Mosley
Starring: Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe, Ray Liotta, Roger E. Mosley, Sherrie Rose
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Screenwriter: Lewis Colick
Producer: Charles Gordon
Composer: James Horner
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A wonderfully nasty turn from Liotta, along with a novel treatment of familiar plotlines, elevates Kaplan's effort into the 'must see' category. Full Review |
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Gordon lacks Scorsese's talent for unsettling his audience, but he can turn up the tension until you squirm in your seat or want to shout at the screen. Full Review |
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Solid performances lend weight to the flakier elements, with Liotta turning crazed excess into something wild. Full Review |
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Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, Unlawful Entry is still a very effective victimization thriller. Full Review |
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A paint-by-numbers suspense thriller redeemed by stylish, economic direction and a marvelous performance by Ray Liotta as a psycho L.A. cop. Full Review |
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Neither Lewis Colick's script nor Jonathan Kaplan's direction is quite as streamlined as it could be, but you certainly get a run for your money. Full Review |
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It's an amazingly sharp, nasty little thriller that takes a silly situation and squeezes it to the core, vicious as a heart attack. Full Review |
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This well-done suspense-thriller is a variation of the Fatal Attraction theme with Ray Liotta as the cop from hell.
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Okay thriller.
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A competent thriller, not much more.
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Below average thriller. The power of a cop is scary, but most of the plot points are standard thriller moments, right down to the scary cat.
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More gripping than it is convincing. Full Review |
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A solid, suspenseful "B" film
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Kurt Russell gives new meaning to the term action hero. A real white-knuckler.
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glossy, disappointingly flat thriller
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