Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

edwagreen First class stinker way below the talents of Gene Hackman and the rest of the cast.The plot is not to be believed. How could any mother, even a drunken one, react to the death of her 16 year old daughter like that? Calling the deceased a bitch was way over-the-top. Seems as though nearly everyone in the film was either involved in the murder or caught up by the original murder which led to the death of the 16 year old.As the guy who fixes more than cars, James Woods turned in a decent performance. Susan Clark plays the detective's (Gene Hackman) wife who is neglected and falls into the arms of another man.The ending scene where practically gets it is totally unrealistic.

moonspinner55 Screenwriter Alan Sharp's 'homage' to 1940s film noir is really just an extension of the hard-boiled detective numbers Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra gave us in the '60s, except "Harper" and "Tony Rome" were a whole lot livelier. Gene Hackman plays Harry Moseby, a modern-day private eye in Los Angeles who is hired by a former-actress to find her runaway 16-year-old daughter. Moseby, a frizzy-haired workaholic who is suddenly distracted by his wife's infidelity, finds the girl living with her stepfather down in the Florida Keys...where he also comes upon a submerged smuggler's plane and a dead body. Hackman is reunited with his "Bonnie and Clyde" director, Arthur Penn, but neither does first-rate work here; Sharp's facetious script (strewn with unfunny 'witty' dialogue, uncomfortable sexual underpinnings and colorless character exposition) doesn't provide us with an involving scenario--and the segues back to Hackman's troubled marriage to Susan Clark seem perfunctory. Penn manages to stage an exciting climax on the water, but he can't iron out the central character's inner-turmoil, and Hackman's work is peculiarly undistinguished. ** from ****

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) If you're a detective, you should know about the clues, and wrap it up. In "Night Moves", it's not that simple. Gene Haman plays Los Angeles detective Harry Moseby. A P.I. who was once a football player who is assigned to retrieve a runaway (Melanie Griffith)from Florida. A simple job to do, right? Wrong. While in Florida, more mysteries are uncovered which makes the daughter want to go back to her mother. Once that mission was done, he goes on to the next assignment. However, he's not happy about what he has done. After discovering the downed plane in Florida, and meeting the mechanic(James Woods) earlier. After returning Delly (Griffith) to her mom, she is killed in a stunt car accident. Moseby heads back to Florida, only to find the mechanic dead in the water. Paula(Jennifer Warren) who tends the dolphins, explained what is in the plane. She and Tom were dealing with artifacts. One of them is worth a lot of money. Manipulation seems to be the key of this. This movie is like playing a game of chess, which I don't mind playing. Talk about a mystery. A rare gem. Need to watch. A also a keeper. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Bene Cumb Now and then, for a change, it is sensible to watch movies from the eras where acting and craftsmanship really prevailed, without any digital opportunities to use. Crime movies are "easier" to enjoy than sci-fi ones, where solutions are too simplistic even for those not focusing on effects and fast exchange of scenes - absence of smart mobile technology is seldom distracting, and basic elements for solving crimes have been in use for centuries. Night Moves has most elements in place - thrilling plot with twists, unexpected ending, witty humor, family tensions... True, there are some clichés related to private investigators and trivial use of erotics, but they do not decrease the value of the movie. What I missed personally was the lack of real confrontation between the detective and his "enemies", the characters of them were rather schematic.Most of the names within the movie do not require introduction even for current film lovers - Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, whereas the last two give pleasant and memorable supporting performances. Hackman and Warren are always pleasant to follow, but they certainly give no best performances of their career.All in all, a decent watch for those fond of crimes without gangs and constant chases-shootings, where the truth is achieved piece by piece, and yet the final is surprising...