Disturbing Behaviour
(1998)
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Disturbing Behaviour
(1998)
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| James Marsden | ... | ||
| Katie Holmes | ... | ||
| Tobias Mehler | ... | ||
| Nick Stahl | ... | ||
| Steve Railsback | ... | ||
| Bruce Greenwood | ... | ||
| Katharine Isabelle | ... | ||
| William Sadler | ... | ||
| Ethan Embry | ... |
Allen Clark
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Terry David Mulligan | ... |
Nathan Clark
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| Susan Hogan | ... |
Cynthia Clark
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| A.J. Buckley | ... |
Charles 'Chug' Roman
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| Robert Moloney | ... |
Ferry Guy
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| Derek Hamilton | ... |
Trent Whalen
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Dan Zukovic | ... |
Mr. Rooney
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After the suicide of the teenager Allen Clark, his family decides to move from Chicago to the quiet Cradle Bay Island seeking a peaceful life for the siblings Steve and Lindsay Clark. When Steve joins the local high-school, the outcast Gavin Strick befriends Steve and introduces his also rejected friend Rachel Wagner to the newcomer. Gavin exposes to Steve in the refectory the punks, the nerds and the different tribes of the school and he defends the weird theory that a sinister force changes the behavior of the annoyingly perfect "Blue Ribbons", a group of good students that wear identical jackets and gather in the Yogurt Shoppe. Further he tells that he had witnessed the blue ribbon Andy Efkin killing their schoolmate Mary Jo that is missing and the local Officer Cox covering the murder. Steve does not believe on Gavin words, but when his friend is submitted to the treatment of Dr. Edgar Caldicott and immediately changes his behavior, joining the Blue Ribbons, Steve and Rachel ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contemporary horror flick with a standard premise. This flick is about a teen stumbling across an evil conspiracy that is turning the teenagers of a small town into well dressed, well groomed, intelligent students that resort to homicide when angry.
Katie Holmes is totally wasted in a supporting role. Excessive pre-release cutting damaged what could have been one of the best teen horror films of the 90's. This could have been a very emotional, haunting and even touching film with a disturbing ending. What is left now is a teen driven, cold, and chainsaw edited flick with a poor gimmicky ending. Still some signs of intelligent intentions shine through, the performances for the most part are unusually good, and the director does a fine job of building up a paranoid, crazed sense of atmosphere.
Rated R; Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Drug Use, Drinking, and Profanity all involving teenagers.
The original cut would merit a * * *1/2 rating.