REVIEW: Midnight Heat – Chosen by Ant.

Tagline: Nobody steals from the mob and lives…
Suggested Replacement Tagline: Nobody watches this and lives a normal life…
Theme: Prince Charming, Candy, Synchronicity

Plot Overview:

A former drug dealer, a cop, a rock video director and a nightclub owner are all after one million dollars that was stolen during a drug transaction gone awry.

Rudi’s ramblings:

Poor Adam Ant. If his sanity wasn’t already fragile enough after his performances in pop videos, he sent himself well and truly over the edge in this Dennis ‘O’Harper’ Hopper star vehicle. The signs of a tortured psyche are evident the moment he appears on screen playing a homosexual cockney film director. His performance is trumped however by the brilliant as never O’harper as a drug lord. The headline cast is completed by necrophilia obsessed Michael Pare.
The storyline is as follows: Ex-drug dealer gone straight meets old friend who’s ripped off his old partner’s money. Old partner makes him find and return the money etc. Meets old flame etc.
There isn’t much to say about this film due to it being a very very lightweight “thriller”. Apparently Jan Hammer did the music but frankly he didn’t try very hard, it sounds like an epileptic fit crossed with an eighties pop compilation. But forget the actual film just stare in awe at this list of quality actors that make up the cast:

Michael Paré
Dennis ‘Oharpé’ Hopper
Adam Ant
Tony Todd
Joe Lara

Wow!!

Overall percentage (not an average): 55%