Scissors (1991)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Frank De Felitta

Writers (WGA):

Joyce Selznick (story)
Frank De Felitta (screenplay)

Release Date:

March 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Angie is about to step over the edge. All she needs is a little help.

Plot:

After a young woman is attacked in the elevator she meets her neighbours (two brothers) for the first time...

Plot Keywords:

Psychoanalysis | Beautiful Woman | Bird | Scissors | Neo Noir

Cast

Sharon Stone	...	Angie Anderson
Steve Railsback	...	Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
Ronny Cox	...	Dr. Stephan Carter
Michelle Phillips	...	Ann Carter
Vicki Frederick	...	Nancy Leahy
Larry Moss	...	Mr. Kramer
Austin Kelly	...	Folger
Jesse Garcia	...	Counterman
Will Leskin	...	Billy
Ivy Jones	...	Mother
Laura Caulfield	...	Actress on Soap Opera (as Laura Ann Caulfield)
Ed Crick	...	Frank Brady
Hal Riddle	...	Male Dog Walker
Ivy Bethune	...	Female Dog Walker
Jim Shankman	...	Bob the Clerk

Runtime:

Netherlands:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Germany:16 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Company:

DDM Film Corporation

Trivia:

After the success of Sharon Stone's Basic Instinct (1992), this film was retitled in German as "Final Instinct".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Angie is beginning to break down in the apartment, she sees the body is missing from the bed and pulls the bedspread off the bed looking for it. A few minutes later she returns to get into the bed and the bedspread is neatly back in place.

Stone stuck in "B" level script

Sharon Stone plays a disturbed woman who is a virgin and then attacked in an elevator and meets her neighbors played by Steve Railsback as twin brothers. The last part of the film has Stone trapped in an apartment and is slowly driven insane. Definitely a "B" movie with shoddy lighting and several different story lines going on at the same time with really none of them meaning anything. They're just thrown in to try and fool us. The one thing that was impressive was the special effects showing Steve Railsback as twin brothers in the same scene. Its fairly well done. Stone does the best she can with the material thats given her but you cannot blame the director solely. Stone just wasn't that good in certain scenes and at times it becomes downright silly. Vicki Frederick from "All The Marbles" has a role and Clint Eastwoods buddy Albert Popwell (Or Powell) has a part as a cop. Stone bares her impressive breasts for no reason at all which was enough to convince me early on that this was going to be silly and contrived.