1984, R
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Writer. Nicholas St. John
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Here’s an OK, seedy Abel Ferrara thriller with a glimpse of the real pre-Giuliani NYC, and more than a glimpse of Melanie Griffith’s boobies. It’s a modern take on ‘Jack-the-Ripper’ (ever heard of it?) as a psychopathic stalker hunts Times Square strippers. Tom Berenger and Jack Scalia play the Rossi Bros., two brothers running a stripper-placement agency forced to deal with the extinction of their talent. Oh yeah - Berenger's ex-boxer killed a guy in the ring once and has some kind of romantic history with Griffith .
Along the way, we get nice Times Square flavor, pseudo Taxi Driver psycho purification training, homicide dick Billy Dee Williams and the aforementioned boobies of Griffith & Rae Dawn Chong. Berenger must get involved again to protect his old flame, who has a nagging junk-habit from back in the day. The climax in a dark alley is a bit of a let-down (The Ripper knows Karate!) but all-in-all this crap is still recommended.
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