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BAD INFLUENCE
title: BAD INFLUENCEyear: 1990
cast: James Spader, Rob Lowe, Lisa Zane, Marcia Cross, Christian Clemenson
rating: **1/2
Here we go again. A wimpy, passive guy who seems to have everything he wants, only he can't stand up for himself. Enter a confident drifter who turns his life around, and around and around. James Spader, breaking from his villainous yuppie template, is the nice guy. Rob Lowe, fresh from a real life late-eighties sex tape scandal, is the rogue helping Spader score a beautiful lady and progress in his job: but with a price. He can't shake Rob loose, and eventually is enveloped in a (very ironic) sex tape "scandal," a beating, and then a murder. The first half is Film Noiresque and builds nicely. The last half, as Lowe turns from dapper sociopath to full blown psycho, becomes your typical kill or be killed fare.
rating: **1/2
Here we go again. A wimpy, passive guy who seems to have everything he wants, only he can't stand up for himself. Enter a confident drifter who turns his life around, and around and around. James Spader, breaking from his villainous yuppie template, is the nice guy. Rob Lowe, fresh from a real life late-eighties sex tape scandal, is the rogue helping Spader score a beautiful lady and progress in his job: but with a price. He can't shake Rob loose, and eventually is enveloped in a (very ironic) sex tape "scandal," a beating, and then a murder. The first half is Film Noiresque and builds nicely. The last half, as Lowe turns from dapper sociopath to full blown psycho, becomes your typical kill or be killed fare.
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