Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation.
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ELECTRICITY (2014)
Certification15 Our Rating
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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Certification15 Our Rating
An arrogant bright black Northern homicide detective travelling via a small Mississippi town becomes involved in a murder investigation after a local industrialist is found dead. Engaged in a clash of wills with the local racist cop the two eventually develop a mutual respect. Won Best Picture at 1967 Academy Awards.
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MEMENTO (2000)
Certification15 Our Rating
Leonard Shelby's wife has been brutally murdered, and he is obsessed by the need to find out why and exact revenge; But Shelby's search is impeded by his short term memory loss, never really knowing whom he can trust, or indeed who he knows, and having to resort to the desperate measure of tattooing his body with clues as the only reliable way of holding onto any evidence he's garnered. 'Memento' is an awesome psychological thriller, riddled with deceit and betrayal, your chances of guessing the
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MYSTIC RIVER (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Dave, Sean and Jimmy were childhood buddies, but a shocking turn of events leaves one of them emotionally ravaged and a mixture of guilt and confusion sees the three boys drift apart. When Jimmy's teenage daughter is murdered, Sean, now a cop, is assigned to the case and the deeper he delves the more suspect his old friend Dave begins to look. Mystic River is as much a study of damaged lives and the grief of loss as it is a thriller; taught, hard edged and emotional, the performances are uniform
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RASHOMON (1950)
Certification12 Our Rating
Set in medieval Kyoto, this is an engrossing tale of rape and murder in which contradictory accounts of events are later related from the perspectives of four of those involved. A film which awakened the West to the richness of Japanese cinema.
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