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Murder by the Book (1987)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 3/15

3/15: Murder by the Book is a cheesy murder mystery telefilm starring Robert Hays of Airplane! fame.

He plays Hank the mystery writer who's involved in several murders and art fraud and asks for help from the detective character of his own novels to get out of his predicament but doesn't listen to anything he says.

Sounds stupid, doesn't it? What I don't get the most is: how can Hank not know what to do despite the fact that he wrote the murder mystery novels and seemed to have an idea of how the story went? It doesn't make sense. Meanwhile, no one, and I don't care who he is, is ever granted bail after being charged with three murders. And how will his lawyer make a case for him?

All in all, although the concept is novel, Murder by the Book has me overcome with many eye-rolling scenes and bad acting.

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