Conflict

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Steve D Holds your interest but the end is underwhelming. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/31/23 Full Review Russ G OK, you've seen The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and High Sierra. Now you're confronted with another Warner Bros. studio product that Bogie had to do because he was under contract. Well, despite the pairing with Sydney Greenstreet, this ain't no Falcon or Casablanca, mostly due to a lousy script. Alexis Smith is lovely but she's no Ingrid Bergman. The good news for 1945 audiences was that the price of admission was only 25c and they got a B picture, a newsreel, and a couple of shorts with the deal. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review joe m An above average noir film, "Conflict" has engineer Dick Mason (Bogart) murdering his wife Kathryn (Hobart) since he's fallen in love with her younger sister Evelyn (Smith). Yet, matters do not go as smoothly as planned. Sydney Greenstreet plays the couples friend and neighbor who also happens to be an eminent psychologist. The plot is very well developed with 'gaslight' elements and with quite a few questions raised as to who might be doing such to Bogart. Really enjoyable and worth seeing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Bogart left film lovers with such an amazing inventory of great performances. This one is an intense psychological portrait of a man who falls desperately in love with his sister-in-law. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Conflict feels similar to some other films that I’ve watched in the noir genre, in particular it reminded me of Diabolique, even though this one was released 10 years earlier. The movie features Humphrey Bogart and he continues to remind me why he is considered a legend. He is able to be funny, loving, scared, angry, and more all in one performance. Sometimes he even layers in a few of these emotions in one scene, which works great when you have a character who is trying to hide something. Just as impressive in this film was Sydney Greenstreet. He has an important role to play in this story, and it was handled with perfection. There are aspects to his performance that are so subtle that you won’t even notice them the first time through. I can’t wait to watch it all again to see what he’s doing with certain scenes that have new meaning after knowing what happened. Alexis Smith was fine as the leading lady, but she didn’t leave a strong impression on me. One of the things I liked most about Conflict is that the whole thing is structured like a mystery. But it’s not a traditional murder mystery, because we know who committed the crime. Instead it is a puzzle to figure out what is happening to the killer, and if he actually was a killer at all. I think they did a lot with the setup to keep it all ambiguous so you are left guessing throughout the film. My only problem with Conflict was that I figured out a key clue from the beginning, because it was pretty obvious for someone who watches a lot of murder mystery shows/films. As a result, I was just waiting to see how the rest of the pieces would fall into place. There was still enough intrigue to keep me in the dark, though. I didn’t know how it all would resolve, and more importantly the movie made me question if I was wrong in the first place. I think Conflict is a strong film noir that deserves a bit more attention, it might not be the greatest, but it’s one more people should see. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/09/19 Full Review Audience Member Watchable lesser known Bogart noir. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/01/18 Full Review Read all reviews

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