What I saw of this movie was so disgustingly bad that I had to take the time to comment on it. I'd expect this kind of contempt for art and life from a Grade C horror or action flick, but this thing was on regular television and loaded with supposedly intelligent actors such as Eric Stoltz and James Spader. Obviously this was back when they desperately needed a paycheck although I don't know what Mitchum's excuse is. Maybe back then they thought this kind of thing was gritty realism, an unflinching look at crime, or some other such nonsense. The sad thing is that this movie is just a small fraction of unnecessary and despicable violence that is created every day in Hollywood. Why this was replayed on TV recently, I'll never know. If you ever doubt that Hollywood is a bunch of hypocritical hacks, take a look at this the next time it's on.
Review of A Killer in the Family
