Deadly Past (1995)

Bartender on parole gets re-involved with his previous girlfriend, only to discover he's part of her criminal scheme.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writer:

Steven Iyama

Stars:

Carol Alt, Dedee Pfeiffer, Ron Marquette

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carol Alt	...	Saundra
Dedee Pfeiffer	...	Kirsten
Ron Marquette	...	Luke
Vinnie Curto	...	Nick
Mark Dacascos	...	Leo
Jeff Haber	...	Good Looking Man
Brian David Zola	...	Tough
Sevasti Zographos	...	Waitress
Trent Dolan	...	Matt
Leon Simmons Jr.	...	Motorcycle Cop
Joey Haim	...	Bar Patron
Cole S. McKay	...	Security Guard

Storyline

Bartender on parole gets re-involved with his previous girlfriend, only to discover he's part of her criminal scheme.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | erotica | femme fatale | independent film

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Halálos múlt

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlantic Group Films, Curb Entertainment International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not bad, but very average late-night thriller

A reformed convict (Ron Marquette), is now on parole, working at a local bar, and living happily with his girlfriend (Dedee Pfeiffer), until classy ex-girlfriend (Carol Alt) reappears on the scene and manipulates him into becoming involved with a murder, as she, in turn, is being black-mailed over a previous killing.

It's hard to really find much to say about this movie. There's nothing outstandingly good, but there's nothing outstandingly bad either. The leads are reasonable in their roles, and the plot is watchable, but has a very routine, "done before" feel to it.

It's all very 1990s - beautiful looking people, with lots of art deco and sun-touched soft shots. I found the compulsory sex scenes to be dragged out and actually rather slow the story up. The three leads are fair in their parts (with Michelle Pfeiffer's sister Dedee coming off best, being actually rather lovely in her part!), but it's possible to feel that more could have been done with the characters and more depth given to them, particularly with Marquette's reformed criminal being framed from murder.

It's the sort of film that is very average, but after you've watched the first half an hour or so, you find yourself having to watch the rest of it just for the sake of it.

Bottom line: a fair TV movie in it's own way, but similar plots have been done, much better, by numerous other TV movies both before and since.