Mark Irish Movies
Combining elements of A Christmas Carol and Rain Man (1988), this modern-day parable of greed and redemption was crafted with generous helpings of sentimentality by director Mike Nicholas. Harrison Ford stars as Henry Turner, a slick, ruthless corporate attorney willing to spin any falsehood to win a case. A bully to his teenage daughter Rachel (Mikki Allen), Henry also cheats on his wife Sarah (Annette Bening) and treats everyone from the maid to his assistant with cruel selfishness. Stepping out to a local mini-market for a pack of cigarettes late one night, Henry accidentally interrupts a burglary and is shot in the head by a stick-up artist. After a long coma, Henry survives only to find that he has no memory and must re-learn everything from reading to tying his shoes. Reborn as a friendly, childlike innocent, Henry charms his therapist (Bill Nunn) and reconnects with his wife and daughter, only to uncover some secrets about how truly appalling he once was. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, (more)
- 1990
This film has all the requisite ingredients for a ripping slasher yarn: a car filled with hapless teens, a storm, a ramshackle mansion, and a strange hitchiker, and horribly disfigured killers. The nightmare begins when the violent storm erupts and the teen in charge of showing the others the way to an isolated New York lake admits that they are lost. They then pick up the hitcher. As the sun goes down, they decide to seek shelter in the abandoned mansion. There they see a shrine built around a wrecked auto. As they break into the house, the rambunctious youths are unaware of the evil presence within. Before the night is through much blood will flow, and only one will survive. Like many films of this genre, graphic violence and gore abounds as does nudity and simulated sex. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
