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After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 4/20

4/20: After Dark, My Sweet may look like a winner in the neo-noir genre but is really not.

It's just that the plot sucks and is stupid. A fake private detective comes up with an idea to kidnap a child and hold him for ransom? What year is this: 1932? That crap is outdated.

Because of his deep blue eyes, Jason Patric is easy to look at; when given a meaty role, he can be special. Unfortunately, in After Dark, My Sweet, Jason Patric goes in circles. It's been the same thing every ten minutes. His character keeps saying he isn't dumb; well, I've got news for him: he's that fucking dumb.

The unattractive Rachel Ward is terrible. She and Jason Patric have zero chemistry. All of a sudden, she appears and drops her plan of crime on his lap without them knowing each other well enough? What's to come is easy to predict. Handling the same material before, Bruce Dern looks bored.

All in all, don't be fooled by the critics because After Dark, My Sweet is a bad neo-noir picture with dry ambience.

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