Fear City- Who's Assaulting these Dames? ***
Tom Berenger seems to improve as the film goes on. Stiff at the beginning, he seems to find his stride as the boxer who killed in the ring, and is now a promoter in strip clubs. He hires the girls to work. Pretty soon, a maniac begins assaulting and invariably killing the women. As Berenger is unable to come to grips with his early seedy past and what occurred in the ring, he is determined to catch the culprit at any cost.Melanie Griffith is too much as his love-interest and worker in the club. She is supposed to come across as a steamy dame, but how can she with the chalked-up voice that she has?
Michael V. Gazzo, of "The Godfather" fame is in top form as an owner of the club. As the cop investigating the case, Billy DeWilliams shows his grit and bigotry as well. There is an interesting cameo appearance by Jan Murray, as a fellow owner, and in a career-ending performance, Rossano Brazzi plays an underworld like character.
The seedy side of society is shown here and the N.Y. strip area is well depicted.
score /10
edwagreen 26 July 2011
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