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Tries, and fails, to inject pulpy noir into modern New York

posted 9 years ago by DarlesChickens
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Wet city streets! Dangerous dames! Weary, sarcastic narration! Mysterious murders! Men of power and wealth summoning characters to expensive looking rooms to delve out threats! Blackmail! Danger! All the trappings of a classic noir mystery are present in Manhattan Night, a sometimes slick but mostly dull attempt to drop a pulpy 1950s-style mystery into modern day New York. http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/manhattan-night/

[–] TheSilhouette 9 years ago

Does Yvonne at least show some skin?

[–] NotDoakes 9 years ago

She's almost naked and masturbating on bathroom

[–] is-csi 9 years ago

It is missing a proper villain.

[–] peahen78 9 years ago

They set up Hobbs to be, then turned around and made him sympathetic. Simon, however, was pretty damn twisted. He preyed on his wife's vulnerabilities and past trauma to the point of absolute cruelty.