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Summary: jaw was dropped almost the whole time I watched this
Review: can only put words into this movie
because this is what I said in my head after seeing this movie
and am glad I saw it on dvd
glad I bought it on dvd too
it's:
shocking
terrifying
strange
sick
twisted
freaky
interesting
abnormal
poweful
moving
I say the same to this one as I did John Carpenter's The Fog
because seriously it's that great of a movie
it takes a while to understand
but it's great
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Summary: Extremely suspenseful and terrifying
Review: " Angel Heart" is a truly terrifying and suspenseful murder/mystery film set in the 1940's. Harry Angel ( Mickey Rourke) is a private investigator about to go on a job that will bring him to the edge of insanity. He is approached by a mysterious and evil looking man named Louis Cyphre ( Robert De Niro). Apparantly a singer named Johnny Favorite has something of his, and he wants him tracked down. Harry agrees to take the case but has no idea what he is getting himself into. The case leads from the streets of New York to the swamps of the Louisana Bayou. Frustrated and running low on clues, he runs into Epiphany Proudfoot ( Lisa Bonet) who is a high voodoo priestess. She introduces Harry to the dark and mysterious world of voodoo. As the two get closer, so does Harry to the truth of where Johnny is, and who he really is. But the truth that Harry is looking for, could be too much for him to handle... "Angel Heart" is an outstanding mystery film that provides for endless amounts of terror and suspense. You will be on the edge of your seat while watching this film. The script is great and provides for awesome dialogue and tons of twists and turns. The ending is shocking, and will force you to pick your jaw up off the floor. The background, set pieces, and costume designs really give the film its sense of authenticity. It is a shame that not more people know about this film, because it is truly one of the most original and frightening horror films available. The performances are outstanding. Mickey Rourke does the best job with Harry Angel. We see Harry go from confident P.I. on a routine missing persons, to a paranoid and frightened man on the brink of losing his mind. It is great to watch as the case becomes more personal, and becomes less random. Lisa Bonet prooves that she can do more than be one of the Cosby's. She is extremely sexy and does a great job with the role. The infamous love scene between Harry and her may shock you. Robert De Niro's Louis Cyphre is extremely powerful and scary for the limited amount of screen time he has. Before the film ends, you will probably be able to guess his true identity, but you are still shocked and scared when you finally find out. Charloette Rampling is great as Margaret Krusemark. She plays a fortune teller who is into black magic and helps Harry on the case. Watching her go from a sweet woman, to the evil witch she really is well freak you out! Overall, Angel Heart is truly a great horror film. The mystery is well done and hides the truth very well. The ending is one of the most shocking I have ever seen. The story itself offers endless amounts of terror and nail biting suspense. The actors are all great. This is deffinately a must see movie that you will enjoy. The DVD is great because it has a featurette that shows the making of the film.
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Summary: A DARK THRILLER WITH A GOOD STORY.
Review: "Angel Heart" is a thriller with reminiscences of a Film Noir and an erotic mystery. Although the main character is adequately played by the usually mediocre Mickey Rourke, the highlights in "Angel Heart" are the performance from the great Robert De Niro as the mysterious Louis Cypher and the script and the direction of Alan Parker. Alan Parker is a director that usually is daring and innovator, perhaps his style is not pleasant to everybody, but you got to give him credit for being a daring director. As he did previously with "Pink Floyd: The Wall", Parker creates a dark and decadent atmosphere in "Angel Heart". Maybe "Angel Heart" is not one of the finest thrillers, but it is a daring movie with a good plot.
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Summary: Best Alan Parker Movie
Review: "Angel Heart" is one of my favorite movies of all times.
Have re-watched it over and over again since 1987 but am still haunted by Parker's first-class story-telling and cinemaphotography; Trevor Jones' wonderful music score (excellent use of theme song, "Girl of My Dreams", in melodious refrain); and superb casting from the leading to supporting cast, showcasing a particularly diabolical de Niro teamed up with Mickey Rourke at his very best - the scene where he smashed his hand into the mirror while uncontrollably shrieking "I know who I am, I know who I am..." in the hour of reckoning was hauntingly memorable.
But kudos and praise must certainly go to top-notch direction/screenplay by Alan Parker. This is the very first time I am rating the movie better than the original fiction, "Falling Angel", by William Hjortsberg. Parker's very own modifications like shifting part of the movie from Harlem to New Orleans for contrast was clever and visually gratifying.
To be nitpicking, the only flaw in the movie was the use of special effects on Lucifer and Epiphany's baby to signify evil when truth was revealed at the final hour. This came across as a tad heavy-handed, especially when the supernatural / demonic influence thread was already so effectively sewn throughout the film sans special effects. Don't get me wrong though - what made this little imperfection stuck out like a sore thumb was just how good 99.99% of the movie was. As shown in the Director's Commentary (yes, they are finally adding "Bonus Materials" to the Zone 1 Director's Cut), Alan Parker equally questioned himself on the addition of "green contact lens" to heighten the visual impact years ago - he was right to have asked himself that question and should probably have stuck to his guns with the "less is more" principle.
All said, despite this little irksome flaw, the movie is as excellent as great movie-making, acting, story-telling and unstoppable visual feast can go. Don't miss it for your life.
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Summary: The Faustian Deal...How many will take it?
Review: ...what price fame, glory, and that one great moment in time? (A hit record?) Subtexted to the story line is how rock n roll music was created... ..reminds me of what some of these young artists have done to get a record deal to "blow up", as it were. Just kidding, just kidding. Love Lisa Bonet as Epiphany, not cause of her being nekkid, but she was weird and mystical. Always love anything Orleans.
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Summary: Alan Parker's dark genius
Review: A Faustian spin through post-war New York and Louisiana, 'Angel Heart' tells a very old story from a surprisingly original and wonderfully chilling angle. The plot, focusing on an increasingly violent missing person's case, is reasonably simple, but the backstory which triggers it is remarkably complex. When you reassemble the pieces at the end it does make sense, but only just. De Niro is superb as Louis Cyphre, the 'businessman' with some collateral to collect, infusing the role with just the right balance of sardonic humour and demonic threat. Mickey Rourke gives what will probably always be his best performance as Harry Angel, a shell-shocked war veteran and disheveled P.I. The supporting cast is excellent, especially Charlotte Rampling as an occultist, and Lisa Bonet as a teen voodoo witch. But the real star here is writer/director Alan Parker. He has an extraordinary talent for the simple but powerfully unsettling image: a slow zoom on the exterior wall of a New York hotel; a New Year's Eve crowd in Times Square; a descending elevator; a sweeping stair; the rotating blades of a fan. These images are simple, cold, yet positively brimming with hellish menace. Trevor Jones's music is the perfect accompaniment, its saxophones careening wildly over menacing rhythms and the ubiquitous throb of a beating heart. It's a thoroughly disturbing marriage which will have fear closing around you with the same grim certainty as the protagonist's fate.
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Summary: Reviewed By Alan Gerrard
Review: A Private Detective story with a difference. P.I. Harry Angel is hired by the enigmatic Mr Cypher to find a one time singing star called Johnny Fortune. The case leads him down to the deep south where he encounters a series of people heavily involved in devil worship and black magic. The conclusion is so horrific that Angel wishes that he'd never found out the truth. A very original crime thriller. Recommended. END
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Summary: Obvious, but watchable
Review: A seedy gumshoe (Mickey Rourke) works a missing persons case in New Orleans, unaware that he has a terrifying personal connection to it. This connection and the true nature of his employer (Robert DeNiro) only become clear to him at the end of the film, but they should be clear to any attentive filmgoer long before that, even if you haven't read the Amazon review, which gives away a major plot revelation. Director Alan Parker scores points for style, but his story is a constant barrage of horror movie and private eye conventions. DeNiro's performance is broad, overly mannered, and cliché; the identity of his character is immediately apparent, robbing the revelation at the end of the film of its impact. Parker's direction and interesting performances from Rourke and Lisa Bonet keep it watchable, but a bit more self-restraint and imagination would have improved this film a great deal.
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Summary: fantastico
Review: a wonderful little piece of film noir that will be right at home in any horror or suspense fans library. well done alan parker
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Summary: ZIGGETY BIGGETY BOO!
Review: Alan Parker at his most zapadacious. Bling Blam Mickey Rourke zezzerfozzen! Cinematography to set your grandmother's clock with the silly dragon painting the barn by. Although I don't really like pickles, I loved this movie. Frip.
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