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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  The Grifters (1990)
An enjoyable neo-noir about three con artists - John Cusack, Angelica Huston and Annette Bening - whose lives are drawn together due to Cusack's hospitalisation following a grift gone wrong.
It's an entertaining film with several scenes of proper brutality as well as full frontal nudity from Bening, however the overall feel is of a bleak movie, none of the characters are sympathetic and it's all pretty grimy.
I finally got round to watching the 101 Films Black Label limited edition Blu-ray and i wasn't impressed. The picture quality is average at best, soft to look at without any depth. I'd say this is one of the worst examples of HD i've come across. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if it were simply a dvd upscale.
Had i not sold my dvd when i originally bought this several years ago i'd have got rid of this Blu-ray. |
To be fair, most of the original author's characters aren't really that ... hospitable tbh. He also wrote
The Killer Inside Me if that helps cough. Jim Thompson. Recommended. You want hard boiled etc. Ahem.