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A Taste for Killing (1992) (TV)
3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
With friends like these..., 4 March 1999
Author: Gary Parkinson (gary_parkinson@listings.press.net) from London, England
You know how it is when you start somewhere new: you very quickly make a "friend", who you soon regret meeting and spend the rest of your time trying to avoid. That's an embarrassing social situation, but it's a lot easier than the stuff that happens to the two students in this film, struggling to fit into the macho world of the oil rig. They make a mysterious ally in enigmatic co-worker Michael Biehn. Then he reveals his true colours, and they aren't too pretty.
Actually,,,, 20 May 2008
Author: mensur_sony from Azerbaijan
Actually, there is nothing special except Michael Biehn's performance. Film's first 20 minutes was very boring. After these minutes and when two friends came back to town, we understand the plot. Plot isn't bad, it can be great thriller with this plot and this cast. But I think screenplay isn't so good after few moments film being boring again, and film's ending scene is not enough many much in actually. I watch it on TV today but I'm sure about this is an TV movie for me and must watch in only TV. If you have a free time, you can watch it! But for my idea, only in TV! I gave that 6/10 for cast's (especially Michael Biehn's performance) performance, plot and few thriller moments.
Great tension, shame about the ending., 8 October 2004
Author: tsietisin from Bristol, UK
I managed to catch this film when it was on TV late at night on a channel no one watches at a time when people should be sleeping. Now this was several years ago so it shows that a film has something for it to be remembered several years on.
Two youths employed on an oil rig make friends with one of the other workers. On a visit on shore to a local bar, they have a run in with another worker who gets killed. This leads Michael Biehn's character to blackmail the two youths.
This is where the film gets good. There is a lot of tension between the youths as they try to keep everything a secret and their enemy who is invading every part of their lives. This part of the movie is great and is one of the few films that has left me wanting to know what is going to happen next.
Its sadly other parts that don't work. There's a sex scene thrown in for no real good reason but the main problem I had with the movie was the ending.
The director seems to have gone away from the tense psychological drama that was going on and decided that an action movie was what should be really going. So much so that the ending feels rushed and incomplete.
Its still a reasonable movie and worth a watch if its on TV and there's nothing else to watch. I give it 6/10.
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