Jan
8
Forgotten Films of 1989 Part IV
We finish this series with a few more films from 1989 that deserve more love. Or at the very least, I have a burning need to discuss.
Before we begin, some of the write ups have appeared elsewhere on the site.
Johnny Handsome is a solid little noir thriller from director Walter Hill that benefits from a decent script and stellar cast of character actors. Mickey Rourke plays a disfigured petty thief who is double crossed by his partners (Ellen Barkin and Lance Henriksen) and is given reconstructive surgery by a kindly prison doctor played by forest Whitaker. Upon being released from prison, he sets out looking for revenge while falling in love with a young woman played by Elizabeth McGovern and being tailed by a cop played by Morgan Freeman.
Before we begin, some of the write ups have appeared elsewhere on the site.
Johnny Handsome is a solid little noir thriller from director Walter Hill that benefits from a decent script and stellar cast of character actors. Mickey Rourke plays a disfigured petty thief who is double crossed by his partners (Ellen Barkin and Lance Henriksen) and is given reconstructive surgery by a kindly prison doctor played by forest Whitaker. Upon being released from prison, he sets out looking for revenge while falling in love with a young woman played by Elizabeth McGovern and being tailed by a cop played by Morgan Freeman.