Cat Chaser

R

1989

1h 30m

Crime

Drama

List

40%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

14%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

An ex-GI's return to Santo Domingo leads to passion and danger with the wife of the former head of the secret police.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A butchered mess of a movie that only superficially resembles the Elmore Leonard novel on which it's based.

Rated: C

Apr 17, 2006

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Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2005

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 16, 2005

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A crime thriller with noir pretensions.

Rated: B-

Nov 21, 2004

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Steve D

Missing the sense of fun this sort of thing needs.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/20/23

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Audience Member

Pretty messy story about an American small hotel owner who has an affair with the wife of the deposed head of the secret police of the Dominican Republic regime he fought against as a member of the US intervening fighting force. You need to pay attention to this one as the plot quickly gets confusing between the affair and plot twists designed to swindle money from the former head of the secret police. Based on a novel and the guess here is you're better off reading the story than watching it despite a decent cast.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Vestron production has Weller hooking up with McGillis while visiting the Dominican, the unhappy wife of a brutal former Dominican general. This was a muddled finished product blamed mainly on Vestron's financial troubles. Director Ferrera would disown the film and McGillis' career would virtually disappear afterward.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Whatever happened to Peter Weller? Mediocre Ferrara film that I'm sure would've been even worse in the hands of any other director.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Little-known Kelly McGillis vehicle ('89), from the 1982 Elmore Leonard story.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Kelly McGillis makes a good femme fatale.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Abel Ferrara

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Peter Weller

George Moran

Kelly McGillis

Mary DeBoya

Charles Durning

Jiggs Scully

Frederic Forrest

Nolen Tyner

Tomas Milian

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Synopsis

An ex-GI's return to Santo Domingo leads to passion and danger with the wife of the former head of the secret police.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Production Co: Vestron Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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