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Fear City

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Fear City
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R,1hr 36min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1984
Director:
Abel Ferrara
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia  ...more
Synopsis: To paraphrase 1930s wit Wilson Mizner, Fear City is like a trip through a sewer in a glass-bottom boat. In exploitation-flick fashion, the film exposes the seedy "nether world" of contemporary Manhattan. Unsavory Matt (Tom Berenger) and Nick (Jack Scalia) run a topless bar/booking agency, in direct competition with equally scuzzy Goldstein (Jan Murray). It's hard to imagine anyone lower than these low-lives until we're apprised of a serial killer who dutifully keeps a record of his murders in a diary. ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
Despite an impressive cast and a bevy of intriguing plot elements, this dreary little exploitation opus is the least notable (and least interesting) of Abel Ferrara's pre-King Of New York work. The main problem lies with the weak script, which was penned by Ferrara's frequent collaborator Nicholas St. John: the overplotted scenario fails to tie its threads together in a compelling and engaging style, ... Full Review
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Tom Berenger
Matt Rossi
Billy Dee Williams
Al Wheeler
Jack Scalia
Nicky Piacenza
Melanie Griffith
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