Review of Color of Night (1994) by Stuart K — 16 Apr 2013

Directed by Richard Rush, (Psych-Out (1968) and The Stunt Man (1980)) and written by Billy Ray (Volcano (1997) and The Hunger Games (2012)) and Matthew Chapman (Runaway Jury (2003) and The Ledge (2011)), this is a very silly erotic thriller which now represents a bygone era in cinema, the sort of thing they used to make in the 1990's that died a death and no-one has attempted since, and you can see why from this lurid hokum.

In New York, psychoanalyst Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) falls into a deep depression after his patient Michelle (Kathleen Wilhoite) commits suicide by jumping out of Capa's office window. Capa moves away to Los Angeles, where he goes to stay with his friend and author Dr.

Bob Moore (Scott Bakula), who invites Capa to sit in on his sessions. But when Moore turns up dead in his office, Capa carries on Moore's work with his patients, who include Clark (Brad Dourif) and Buck (Lance Henriksen), but Capa also gets involved with the mysterious Rose (Jane March), who turns up at Capa's house unannounced, and Capa becomes obsessed with her.

This would go on to win the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, and sink Rush's career in the process. It's a very silly thriller with an unbelievable (literally) twist ending, which just adds to the clutter, and the sex scenes aren't very good either.