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9 March 1990 (USA) morePlot:
Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Beyond good and evil more (43 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rob Lowe | ... | Alex | |
| James Spader | ... | Michael Boll | |
| Lisa Zane | ... | Claire | |
| Marcia Cross | ... | Ruth Fielding | |
| Rosalyn Landor | ... | Britt | |
| Tony Maggio | ... | Patterson | |
| Palmer Lee Todd | ... | Naked Woman | |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Leslie | |
| Sunny Smith | ... | Waitress | |
| Susan Lee Hoffman | ... | Karen, Woman in Bar | |
| Jeff Kaake | ... | Willie, Man in Bar | |
| Christian Clemenson | ... | Pismo Boll | |
| Charisse Glenn | ... | Stylish Eurasian Woman | |
| Jay Della | ... | Chez Jay Bartender | |
| Inger Lorre | ... | Band Member |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 (original rating/video rating) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R | West Germany:16 | France:Unrated | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
George C. Page Museum - 5801 W. Wilshire Blvd., Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The film garnered a lot of unwarranted PR as it was released roughly around the same time that Rob Lowe's infamous sex tape came to light. moreGoofs:
Continuity: At the tar pits as seen from above, we see a yellow or lime-green fire truck (ladder truck). When the camera comes back as the fireman descends it (the ladder), we notice the truck is now red. moreQuotes:
[last lines]Alex: I never made you do anything that wasn't in you already. People are such hypocrites, they go through their whole lives to the day they die saying that they're innocent, but they're are not innocent. I showed you that! That's why I killed Claire Mick!
Michael: My names Michael
[pauses]
Michael: Did you get all that?
Pismo Boll: [pops up with a camera] Every word
[suddenly slips]
Pismo Boll: Watch out!
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This is the most textbook demonstration of Nietzsche I've ever seen. Rob Lowe is the gifted liar prepared to go all the way to get whatever he wants and keep himself entertained. Spader is the timid, uptight yuppie who doesn't understand just how much he's in for when Lowe's "will to power" rubs off on him. What ensues would bring anybody back to good old fashioned organized religion. A morality play taken to extremes that nonetheless works as a thriller, too. Worth seeing. 8.