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Slam Dance (1987)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 11/19

11/19: What do you have when two of the most beautiful women star in the same film?

Slam Dance. At least, that's what Amadeus' Tom Hulce must have thought. Yeah, the movie has more questions than answers, but it's a well-photographed, stylish 80's neo-noir thriller that's better than most of David Lynch's junk including Mulholland Drive. Even I love the empty swimming pool in Drood's apartment.

Tom Hulce is fun to watch although he occasionally overplays his part by bringing back the familiar Mozart laugh while being goofy. Adam Ant, I don't believe I've seen him act before, but he does a credible job.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Virginia Madsen are simply eye candies. They'll do better by having substantive roles in White Sands and Candyman, respectively. Sadly, along with her mother, Judith Barsi, who plays Bean, was killed by her father via murder-suicide a year later at the age of 10.

All in all, although low in substance, Slam Dance is a strange beauty.

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