Impulse (Locke, 1990): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.15pm
This is part of the 'Undone: Women of the Erotic Thriller' season at the Prince Charles Cinema (full details here). The curation was by Abby Spira and the movies are presented in partnership with the National
Film & Television School.
Time Out review:
Theresa Russell (excellent) plays an undercover cop on the edge, burned
out and unable to sustain her relationship with men. Under assessment by
the police shrink after shooting a criminal, she is still moonlighting
as a decoy hooker, a role that feeds her desire to lose control.
Assistant DA Fahey, meanwhile, is looking for a second witness to secure
a watertight case against a drug kingpin. Russell is recruited to make a
fake drugs buy designed to force a low-life dealer into testifying, but
her cover is blown and things get very complicated. Although a
subsequent plot twist, linking Russell's dangerous impulsiveness to a
loose thread of Fahey's complex case, is a shade too convenient, Sondra Locke
directs with great assurance. The action is tough, the low-life
atmosphere authentic, and the relationship between Russell and Fahey
charged with tremulous eroticism. Stylish, exciting, and emotionally
satisfying.
Nigel Floyd
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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