Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, Unlawful Entry is still a very effective victimization thriller.
Unlawful Entry
A man obsessed will do anything for love... A cop obsessed can get away with it.
1992 · 1h 52m · R
Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
Overview
Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Before long, one of the responding officers, Officer Pete Davis, helps arrange the installation of a new security system, taking extra interest in the couple's case. As a result, the grateful Carrs invite him to stay for dinner and they strike up an unexpected friendship. However, as the lonely policeman develops an intense fixation on Karen, his take on friendship develops into a dangerous obsession soon becoming the Carrs' worst nightmare.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Kaplan Director
- Kurt Russell as Michael Carr
- Ray Liotta as Officer Pete Davis
- Madeleine Stowe as Karen Carr
- Roger E. Mosley as Officer Roy Cole
- Ken Lerner as Roger Graham
- Deborah Offner as Penny, Karen's Friend
- Johnny Ray McGhee as Ernie Pike
- Carmen Argenziano as Jerome Lurie
- Andy Romano as Captain Russell Hayes
- Sonny Carl Davis as Neighbor Jack
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Neither Lewis Colick's script nor Jonathan Kaplan's direction is quite as streamlined as it could be, but you certainly get a run for your money.
More gripping than it is convincing.
The movie is a thriller, with all the usual trappings of a thriller, but the director, Jonathan Kaplan, is able to place the story in a plausible world.
The plot is as tediously redundant as director Jonathan Kaplan's approach is carefully workmanlike.
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