After Dark, My Sweet

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Alain E @AlainE Jun 13, 2025 Crime doesn’t pay, if you believe this movie. The story is related by an aimless drifter who is sucked into a stupid plot of quick riches that involves kidnapping the little boy of a rich family. In the end he will find the courage to sacrifice himself. There is decent acting and cinematography. Music by Maurice Jarre is serviceable. See more Apr 16, 2020 Dragged and boring, somehow lost. See more Dec 22, 2014 An odd crime film, one that surprises the viewer because you only know as much as the crazed boxer knows and it does not help that he is deranged. Jason Patric is excellent here; indeed his career now looks like one long missed opportunity. But at least he has this one to hang his hat on. See more Jul 24, 2014 Jason Patric nos entrega una memorable actuación interpretando a un boxeador vagabundo enfrentado a una mujer fatal (Rachel Ward) y un criminal (Bruce Dern), en esta cinta "noir", basada en una novela de Jim Thompson ("The Grifters", "The Getaway"). Una excelente fotografía y una muy buena dirección por parte de James Foley, hacen de "After Dark My Sweet" una cinta casi obligatoria para los fanáticos del "noir". See more Jul 5, 2014 Yet again, here I go reviewing a film from a while back('90). However, I just saw this again and had t give it a mention. Jason Patric is truly one of the better actors around but we rarely see him. In this one, he plays an ex-boxer who suffers from closed-head injury symptoms from blows to the head which can be seen by how he mumbles around due to his balance being affected. He gets mixed up with an alcoholic widow played by Rachel Ward and a burned out former lawman portrayed by another great actor by the name of Bruce Dern. These two lowlifes pull a reluctant Collie(Patric) into a kidnapping scheme in which the kid turns out to be diabetic making things all the more chaotic. See more Dec 19, 2013 I tried liking this, really I did. It felt view worthy on first screening, then I began questioning my judgment. There are so many impossible and unlikely scenarios, this reminds me of a good meal that won't stay down. There are just too many reasons not to take this film seriously. The acting is fine, but the script just, and probably the direction and editing, run this into the ground. So, I can give it a 60% on a narrow spectrum, but if your looking for a realistic crime drama, forget this... it just doesn't make sense. For example, the central character's doctor turns up so often at just the right times knowing all the facts, I began to think he might exist only in our character's mind. Nope, he was real all along. Made no sense. See more Read all reviews

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