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Summary: Classic Fiorentino!
Review: Linda Fiorentino is amazing in this great movie, she brings you to the edge of your seat and I am sure makes men everywhere, think twice! She is bad, but you can't help but like her. Please, please, please bring out the DVD.
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Summary: Scary, thought provoking, and absolutely brilliant...
Review: Linda Fiorentino is one of Hollywood's overlooked gems. Not only is she incredibly beautiful, but she is also a gifted actress. She'd made a few forgettable films prior to this, but this is the film that sent her star rising upword. She delivered what had to be the hands down best performance of the year, in what had to be the best film of the year. Yet because it was first released to cable she was unable to be nominated for an Academy Award(Best Actress). But that didnt stop critics from trying. Although this DVD is currently out of print, i highly suggest seeking it out. Not becuase of any special features or extra scenes.. but becuase it is a film you can appreciate for years to come.
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Summary: A minor letdown
Review: Linda Fiorentino stars as the ultimate bad girl in this little thriller directed by John Dahl; Bill Pullman, JT Walsh, and Peter Berg round out the strong cast. The plot revolves around some money that Clay(Pullman), a doctor selling drugs illegally, has just made a deal for and brought home to his wife, Bridget(Fiorentino). After getting into a fight in which Clay slaps Bridget, she takes off with the money. She procedes to some small upstate town where she decides to try to hide out for a while and see what Clay knows about her whereabouts. After talking to a lawyer friend(Walsh), she weighs her options and decides to set up shop temporarily and get a job in an insurance company. While not exactly fitting into Smalltown, USA, she nonetheless finds herself being pursued by an extremely naive local-yokel by the name of Mike Swale(Berg). The two hook up for some steamy no-strings-attached sex until Mike confesses that he loves her. Bridget decides she has him in the palm of her hand and launches into a plot to rid herself of him, her husband, and anything else that stands in the way of that large sum of illegal money.
I thought the film started off well enough, but as the plot developed I found myself having a few problems with the film. First off, the Bridget character is so completely unlikable and just downright nasty that I found myself really hating her right from the opening frames of the film, which is a problem if you are basing the whole film around her. I'm all for the femme fatale thing, but I find it more effective when the woman is more cunning, subtlely seducing the unsuspecting male victim--and viewer-- into a false sense of security and then hitting you over the head with a I-didn't-see-that-coming plot twist. Bridget is hardly subtle. In fact, she doesn't use trickery to get her male victims to do what she wants, she just asks them to do stupid things and they willingly oblige. One scene in particular that really irked me is when Bridget is tracked down by this seemingly buisness-like black private eye hired by her husband. He points a gun at her and tells her to drive. She then asks him if the thing about black guys having a big, you know, is true and then asks him to whip it out so she can see for herself. He says no at first and then decides to do it if she'll shut up. That was the point in the story where I said what the...? I thought that scene was so ridiculous. Later on there is another scene that equals or surpasses that scene in the-men-behaving-stupidly theme.
I really liked Dahl's work in Red Rock West, so I felt somewhat let down by this film. A few times I thought he took shortcuts to get a particular scene to work instead of putting some more thought into it. The film does move at a strong pace and features some very good performances, but some of the problems I mentioned earlier left me disappointed. Overall, The Last Seduction was worth the rental, but defintely won't be on my buy list.
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Summary: LONG OVERDUE
Review: Linda Fiorentino turns in the performance of a lifetime here as she defines the film noir role of femme fatale. Hotter then her role in Jade (which came out a couple of years later with a better cast and director), more cunning then Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (which set the stage over a decade before it), and right up there with Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (which preceded it by a year or 2), this film should have made Linda a household. All I can say is that I'm glad it's finally out on DVD. It's about time.
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Summary: Not Impressed
Review: Linda Fiorentino's portrayal of a cold, calculating sexual predator was lackluster, and unconvincing at best....as was the plot. Peter Berg carried off his role and was the only reason I continued to watch. Though mentioned on an episode of Sex & the City, for a hot sex scene, I found it dull. This movie was a disappointment.
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Summary: Not Impressed
Review: Linda Fiorentino's portrayal of a cold, calculating sexual predator was lackluster, and unconvincing at best....as was the plot. Peter Berg carried off his role and was the only reason I continued to watch. Though mentioned on an episode of Sex & the City, for a hot sex scene, I found it dull. This movie was a disappointment.
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Summary: BEWARE!! Pan & Scan
Review: Nice job Artisan. You've done it again. Apparently Artisan has chosen to be the keeper of the flame for pan & scan. After ruining the DVD release of "A Midnight Clear" by giving it the same treatment, Artisan has decided that pan & scan was the best treatment for "The Last Seduction". Do these people hate cinematographers and directors?
From now on I will always equate Artisan with inferior DVD releases.
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Summary: Where is the DVD???
Review: One of the all-time GREAT '90s neo-noir films, I completely agree with all the other folks here. It is absolutely unbelievable that this title is not available on DVD, especially considering the fact that John Dahl's (the director) other two neo-noirs ARE on DVD--Kill Me Again and Red Rock West, both of which are also excellent.Unlike Body Heat, in which Lawrence Kasdan (director) formulaically uses film noir elements to tell a tale that grows increasingly more boring and tiresome, Dahl here does a brilliant job of weaving together elements of film noir in a completely fresh, intriguing, and powerful way. Yes, the femme fatale is here, but she's REALLY sexy and REALLY dangerous. And this HAS to be Linda Fiorentino's best performance ever. She is perfect for the part of Wendy, right on target. Bill Pullman strikes the perfect note as the sleazy, half-whiny, conniving husband and Peter Berg is also perfect as the seemingly not-so-dumb hick from upstate New York--who's ultimately shown to be, in fact, astoundingly dumb in a revelatory scene. The characters, plot, and pacing all contribute to make this a truly great thriller. It's a shame this is not on DVD, truly.
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Summary: Another cocaine movie.
Review: Phermaceutical cocaine (light fluffy crystals) is sold for 700K which is then stolen by Linda Fiorentino (aka: Wendy Kroy). She tries everything in the book to keep the money and get away. Buy this movie and see if she pulls it off. If lots of action (murder/mayhem ,et al) is your cup of tea, get this hard to find movie from AMAZON.COM (of course). There is a very peculiar twist near the end. Get this flick to see just what it is.
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Summary: Wicked Fun!
Review: The most deliciously wicked chick to grace a film since... well I can't think of another. Fun and fab. See it! With Linda Fiorentino and foxy Peter Berg. Bill Pullman is great as well, playing bad for a refreshing change from his good- guy everymen of late. If you liked this one, you should check out Red Rock West: Made by the same guy, starring a very buff and hot Nicolas Cage (in his pre-sellout indie god phase), also with Dennis Hopper and The Practice's Lara Flynn Boyle. Stylish and, like The Last Seduction, taking plenty of plot twists while making you care for the characters and sympathize with their choices.
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