Sliver
IMDB describes 1993’s Sliver as a drama thriller ─ and that’s exactly the way the movie starts. Check it out.
I used a still shot of a semi-nude Sharon Stone in the introduction to let you know she was the star. Then the movie gets off to a great start. We have closed circuit TVs doing some spying ─ and this was decades before people started inviting spying devices like Alexa into their homes willingly.
Then we have a gloved hand unlocking a door to create suspense. But, wait, everything’s cool. The blonde knows the guy and she bears a resemblance to Sharon Stone to establish some foreshadowing. But, sonavabitch, the gloved hands push the Sharon Stone clone over the balcony and send her flying through the air.
I almost stopped watching at this point because the CGI was terrible. The building was an UN-reasonable facsimile and the body plummeting 30 or so flights downward was laughable. But I saw the movie a couple times back when it came out and remember liking it. So I decided to stick with it.
Now, I ran the credits on the clip on purpose
This is the first time I ever mentioned a casting director. And in this case I’m mentioning the picture’s two casting directors, Amanda Mackey C.S.A. and Cathy Sandrich C.S.A. They should’ve had their credentials revoked.
Why?
How can you cast that pencil-necked, ferret-faced geek Billy Baldwin as the romantic lead who’s going to be nailing Sharon Stone over and over again?
Sorry, but when I saw that, I could no longer suspend reality to continue watching. No amount of money changing hands could make Sharon Stone give it up to that dweeb.
So I stopped watching the movie at that point.
But let’s get back to two more credits, Ira Levin and Joe Eszterhas.
Ira Levin wrote the novel that the movie Sliver was based. In case you’ve forgotten, Ira Levin wrote Rosemary’s Baby. So we’ve got one great writer involved.
Joe Eszterhas wrote the screenplay. For about ten years back then Joe Eszterhas was the hottest screenwriter in Hollywood. I was just getting started as a writer so he was one of my idols. Yet I’d forgotten all about him until I started watching Sliver last night.
So that’s it for now. Two great writers, one great star, but a marginal supporting cast. If you want to watch Sliver ─ go ahead but watch it at your own risk.
I’m America’s Best Crime Writer – Barry Bowe – & I approve this message.
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The story took 21 years to play out with many twists & turns. It’s an amalgam of Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad – but these outlaw bikers make the Sons look like Cub Scouts.
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