Final Night - The last night
Movie | |
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German title | Final Night - The last night |
Original title | Backfire |
Country of production | USA , Canada |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1988 |
length | 88 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Gilbert Cates |
script |
Larry Brand Rebecca Reynolds |
production | Danton Rissner |
music | David Shire |
camera | Tak Fujimoto |
cut | Melvin Shapiro |
occupation | |
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Final Night ( Backfire ) is a 1988 drama directed by Gilbert Cates .
action
Donnie, a wealthy but severely troubled veteran of the Vietnam War , has a bitter young wife (Mara). She wants to drive him to suicide. Mara intends to achieve her goal with the help of an old flame and a few scattered horror effects. But their plan backfires. And suddenly Mara is the hunted.
Reviews
- TimeOut: Only the "youthful" portrayal of Keith Carradine will save the film.
- film-dienst 3/1989: "Effectively staged psychological thriller with some hardships that uses the American Vietnam trauma for a dense genre story and enables insights into the state of affairs in American society."
Remarks
The thriller was shot in British Columbia .
Web links
- Final Night - The last night in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Final Night - The last night at Rotten Tomatoes (English)