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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
EAN: 0012236120483
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: D12048D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 18, 2004
Running Time: 113 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: March 06, 1987
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Set in Harlem and New Orleans in 1955, this supernatural thriller stirred a brief controversy when released in 1987 because some scenes featuring Lisa Bonet (then a popular cast member of The Cosby Show) were considered too sexually explicit to be rated R. The edited material was restored for the unrated video release, and the movie now makes a fitting double bill with Fallen, with its similar plot about a sullen detective (Mickey Rourke) who is hired to find a missing person by a shady client with pointy fingernails named Louis Cyphre (Lucifer, get it?), played with subtle menace by Robert De Niro. Rourke's investigation leads him into an underworld of voodoo and forbidden desires, and as the mystery unfolds director Alan Parker fills every scene with conspicuous style and atmospheric excess, compelling critic Pauline Kael to observe that, "Parker simply doesn't have the gift of making evil seductive, and he edits like a flasher." And yet, this movie does cast a spell of its own (Roger Ebert's review was considerably more charitable), and the performances of Rourke, De Niro, Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling are well suited to the ominous mood. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
Mickey Rourke does a fine job making a P.I. look like an amoral thug. DeNiro supports as a client beyond reproach with a somewhat aloof demeanor. There is murder, mayhem, voodooism, blood-letting, cannibalism, incest, brutality, and assorted other barbarisms. It does what it sets out to do rather successfully. You might find the foregoing colorfully filmed acts artfully accomplished and intriguing to experience as necessary fulfillment of the creative staffs concept. You might find them off-putting and good reason to eject the disc. In any case, be aware that this is not Sam Spade, the Thin Man or Marlowe.
Rating:  -
I was mislead when I thought this was a De Niro movie,,he's only in it a few times and if you like movies with voo doo, blood, guts and a heart rollin around on the floor, go for it,, showing De Neros face on the front of the dvd is really misleading...
Rating:  -
Now this movie is really on point! My man Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro played good roles in this film. And oh I can't forget Lisa Bonet! She is sexy as hell in this movie! When i watch the sex scene part when mickey rourke and lisa bonet was doing it, it felt like im watching a porno movie! And not to mention that this movie has a suprising twist! And who ever said that this movie sucks its obviously that they don't have good taste in movies cause sometimes their opinion dosen't count! But anyway i love this movie! I couldn't get it nowhere eles. But amazons got the best stuff and the best gifts! Thanks Amazon! Ya'll are bout it! Do whatcha do!
De'Vear "Dee" Smalls
Represnting Decatur GA
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Movie had me on the edge of my seat. The twist at the end was amazing.
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I saw this movie a long time ago when it first came out. But I bought this for a friend, to add to his horror collection. In fact I purchased this and another movie called Mr. Frost, also from Amazon. The gift's running theme was the Devil and I thought Robert De Niro's performance as Satan in Angel Heart was excellent. Along with Jeff Goldblum in Mr. Frost. Just wonderful acting. For myself, my favorites as far as who played God's most beloved angel but got the boot are these 2, plus Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy, and John Glover in Brimstone. Broke my heart when they didn't continue with the series. His version of the Devil was outstanding. Sighs.. He will be missed.. RIP.
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