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Color of Night

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Attempts on his life escalate as a New York psychologist (Bruce Willis) closes in on a colleague's killer in Los Angeles.
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Bruce willie shot aside, the only other things popping out in Color of Night are some ridiculous plot contortions and majorly camp moments.

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Kim Newman Sight & Sound This wholly terrible movie is far more enjoyable and astonishing than many halfway good ones. Feb 6, 2020 Full Review Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer The killer may find his target, but Color of Night fails to hit the nail on the head by a frustrating margin. Rated: 2.5/4 May 17, 2013 Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel I'm tempted to go ahead and explain just exactly how transparent -- and implausible -- this mystery is. But then I don't want to spoil it for people who are even worse than I am at this sort of thing. People like Forrest Gump. Rated: 2/5 May 17, 2013 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) An erotic thriller so ludicrous that it may possibly be intentionally parodic. Dec 22, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins With the slowness of the revelations, much of it becomes guessable too soon - helping the climax to feel outrageous and even farfetched. Rated: 4/10 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Chris Alexander Alexander On Film A riotous, larger-than-life thriller, one laced with blood, eccentricity, swooning sound design, a rogues gallery of amazing character actors, relentless sex and, for the curious, a prime peek at star Bruce Willis' impressive full-frontal member. Apr 14, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alec B Terrible but there is something oddly compelling (or at least watchable) in the movie's increasingly insane twists and turns. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Steve D The script is laughable and lets everyone down. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Whilst it may not be remembered or even loved. Color of night proves to be one of the greatest romance psychological-thriller's to date. The direction provides the audience with a deep, rich understanding of the varied and troubled characters which is only complemented further by a talented and well-cast dual pair coming in Jane March and Bruce Willis. This movie is Hollywood. Color of night was a career high for both Bruce Willis and Jane March Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review uffe w I think this is a good and underrated movie. It reminds a little bit of Basic Instinct, but better. It's about a murder mystery, and there are actually some good clues that make it quite possible to guess the murderer. Also I must say, I really love the theme song. It is not a very realistic movie though, but it you can look away from that, if you like erotic thrillers, I would recommend this move. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review John H Hard to get into. Never really made the grade. I made it 2/3 of the way through. I do think that everyone should waste no time seeing this one. Tried to BOLD the pun (waste no time) but bolds don't pass through the filters. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/12/21 Full Review Audience Member Here we have another Bruce Willis flick, only this time it's a neo-noir mystery called Color of Night, and it's not a very good one. In this whodunit story, Dr. Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is a color-blind psychiatrist who investigates the murder of his friend Dr. Bob Moore (Scott Bakula). The suspects include Sondra, the kleptomaniac and nymphomaniac (Lesley Ann Warren); Clark, the obsessive compulsive (Brad Douriff); Richie, a transgender boy (Jane Marsh); Rose, a mysterious woman who seduces Capa (also March); Buck, a suicidal ex-cop (Lance Henriksen) and Casey, a sadomasochist painter (Kevin J. O'Connor). Like most murder mysteries, the culprit is the minor character who is rarely seen throughout the majority, so the murderer was Dale (Andrew Lowery), but, there were some questions that needed to be addressed. First, if he wanted to keep Jane/Richie out of therapy, then why didn't he just kill Dr. Capa similar to how he murdered Dr. Moore? Second, how did Dale know that Capa lived in the previous psychiatrist's house, as he clearly must have known before planting the rattlesnake inside his mailbox? Third, what inspired him to purchase a Firebird, the same model vehicle that Buck owned? Fourth, why didn't Dale, Jane, or Mrs. Niedelmeyer do anything to stop the father from abusing Richie? I could go on with the farfetched plot holes in the mystery, but instead I'm going to end this entry with this. For a movie that's about finding out who the killer is, Color of Night forgets certain details and over-elaborates on others. (1 ½ Bruce Willies out of 5) Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Attempts on his life escalate as a New York psychologist (Bruce Willis) closes in on a colleague's killer in Los Angeles.
Director
Richard Rush
Producer
Buzz Feitshans, David Matalon
Screenwriter
Matthew Chapman, Billy Ray
Production Co
Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.7M
Runtime
2h 1m
Sound Mix
Surround
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