Review of Trouble in Mind (1985) by Aaron W — 14 Jan 2009

A strange, cool, film. I mean it's got Keith Carradine, Kris Kristofferson, AND Divine! Now that's a cast.

Cooper (Carradine) plays a loser who, with his wife and newborn, moves to the city with the hope of finding a job only to get quickly pulled into a network of organized crime headed by Hilly Blue (Divine sans makeup). Coop's new enterprises cause him to practically ignore his wife allowing for recently released convicted murderer and ex-cop Hawk (Kristofferson) to step in.

The film has a cool, eighties, noirish feel though it's hard to deny that a few things are very dated that's not exactly a minus in this case. If I had one problem, it'd be that Kristofferson's badassedness isn't used enough, other than that it's nifty little gem.