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Nicholas Kazan (written by) and
Don Carlos Dunaway (written by)
Release Date:
28 September 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
Imagine what would happen...if every desire, every urge, every passion, locked deep inside us all...suddenly exploded! more
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After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour... | add synopsis
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The best thing about this film is the presence of Meg Tilly and Hume Cronyn. more (16 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Matheson | ... | Stuart |
 | Meg Tilly | ... | Jennifer |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Dr. Carr |
 | John Karlen | ... | Bob Russell |
 | Bill Paxton | ... | Eddie |
| Amy Stryker | ... | Margo |
| Claude Earl Jones | ... | Sheriff |
| Robert Wightman | ... | Howard |
| Lorinne Vozoff | ... | Mrs. Russell |
 | Peter Jason | ... | Man in Truck |
| Adam Baumgarten | ... | Boy with Danny |
| Abigail Booraem | ... | Mrs. Ashley |
| Leonard Burns | ... | Pissing Man |
| Mary Celio | ... | Mary Woodson |
| Jack T. Collis | ... | Mr. Arson |
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91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16
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BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS more
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Small town girl Jennifer (Meg Tilly) returns home with older, doctor boyfriend Stuart (Tim Matheson) after her mother has suffered a mysterious, violent breakdown. They are just in time to witness a series of altercations caused by formally well-mannered townsfolk who are now suddenly giving in to their own worst instincts.
Mild, slow, quiet mystery-drama which may be too subtle for its own good. What should have been a really disturbing yet compelling little movie doesn't achieve a lot of emotional impact when all is said and done. Matheson and Tilly (especially Tilly) are appealing protagonists, and veteran Hume Cronyn is typically solid in support, but this movie is basically routine and forgettable.
Genre veteran Graham Baker's ("Omen III: The Final Conflict", "Alien Nation") direction is more journeyman-like than stylish, and the script by Bart Davis and Don Carlos Dunaway, while not overly convoluted or pretentious, is not particularly distinguished either.
While I will no say no more than this, I will also say that the end falls short of being satisfying.
"Impulse" is watchable enough but absolutely nothing special.
5/10