Saturday, January 1, 2005

Midnight Express (8/10)

UK/USA: Alan Parker, 1978

Harrowing dramatisation of the real-life story of Billy Hayes, an American tourist imprisoned in a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle Hash. By all acounts the script, written by Oliver Stone, is highly inaccurate, something that Hayes himself as vehemently stated, but this is a pretty engaging drama. Brad Davis is pretty good as Hayes, and Irene Miracle (of Inferno and Night Train Murders fame) is around just long enough to get her boobs out, but the vast majority of the characters are one-note stereotypes. This isn't necessarily a problem, as it is Hayes' story after all, but a more even-handed approach would have been appreciated. However, as a shocking look at how much pain and degradation human beings can endure, this is a solid piece of storytelling.

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