TWILIGHT - 1998 - "R"
starring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman with James Garner, Reese Witherspoon & Stockard Channing.
NOTE: This blog contains spoilers for the movie.
This is one of those pleasant-surprises you find when you buy VHS or DVD's from a "Bargain Bin." This movie, went "under the radar" as I call it, meaning I was unaware of it or chose to not see it when it came out originally only to find that I really enjoyed it when I finally saw it.
In TWILIGHT, Paul Newman plays an ex-cop turned Private Detective who lives with and works for his friend Gene Hackman. Initially hired by Hackman to retrive his runaway daughter (Reese Witherspoon), Newman ends up getting shot and rehabs at Hackmans home and he stays on afer recovering. Hackman is married to Susan Sarandon though there is a sexual chemistry between her and Newman, especially with Hackman battling a recurring cancer.
The main plot of the movie involves a blackmail scheme that leads to the disappearance and suspected murder many years before of Sarandon's former husband. As the story unfolds Newman finds himself in the middle of a who dunnit with the key suspects being both Sarandon and Hackman.
If you're a fan of film-noir, you won't be disappointed with this movie. Serious homage to old PI movies by an aging but still solid cast. Likewise fans of solid performances are going to love the interaction and chemistry of the old-pro's.
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