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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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Reviews for Unlawful Entry

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4/5

Jo Berry

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 Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2008 10:42 AM

Empire Magazine

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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 Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2008 10:41 AM

Channel 4 Film

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Solid performances lend weight to the flakier elements, with Liotta turning crazed excess into something wild.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:52 AM

Time Out

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Todd McCarthy

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 Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2008 10:40 AM

Variety

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3/4

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 Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2008 10:39 AM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

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 Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2008 10:38 AM

Chicago Reader

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3/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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 Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 17 2007 06:56 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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7/10

Chuck O'Leary

This well-done suspense-thriller is a variation of the Fatal Attraction theme with Ray Liotta as the cop from hell.

comment Comment | Mar., 04 2006 09:48 PM

FulvueDrive-in.com

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 15 2005 10:59 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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3/5

Kevin Carr

Okay thriller.

comment Comment | Apr., 22 2005 01:19 PM

7M Pictures

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3/5

Carol Cling

No review available.

comment Comment | May., 14 2004 09:26 AM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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4/5

Greg Maki

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 18 2004 05:43 PM

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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3/4

Michael Dequina

Click to read review

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2004 07:49 PM

TheMovieReport.com

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3/5

Luke Y. Thompson

A competent thriller, not much more.

comment Comment | Nov., 28 2003 11:23 PM

New Times

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2/5

Fred Topel

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.

comment Comment | Jul., 14 2003 02:21 AM

About.com

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3/5

Janet Maslin

More gripping than it is convincing.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:21 PM

New York Times

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3/5

Jeffrey M. Anderson

A solid, suspenseful "B" film

comment Comment | Feb., 27 2003 05:43 PM

San Francisco Examiner

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3/5

Clint Morris

Kurt Russell gives new meaning to the term action hero. A real white-knuckler.

comment Comment | Sep., 19 2002 12:12 AM

Moviehole

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2/5

James Sanford

glossy, disappointingly flat thriller

comment Comment | Aug., 04 2002 04:07 PM

Kalamazoo Gazette

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 31 2002 11:18 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

 
 
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