Bad Influence 1990 123movies

Watch: Bad Influence 1990 123movies, Full Movie Online – Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in–and then disappears. Later that night, while jogging, Michael runs into the stranger on a pier. He introduces himself as Alex, and the two go out to an under- ground club. Within a matter of days, Alex wheedles his way into Michael’s life and turns it upside down, and Michael doesn’t realize that Alex is a dangerous sociopath until it’s too late..
Plot: Wimpy young executive, Michael is about to get pulverised by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael’s life and turns it upside down.
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Ratings:

	6.2/10 Votes: 9,954
	65% | RottenTomatoes
	63/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 118 Popularity: 8.472 | TMDB

Reviews:

In bad company.
Some people have got that influential touch that can bring any one out of their comfort zone. There are risk takers and those you play it safe. It’s matter of personal choice. The clinically dark yuppie thriller ‘Bad Influence’ takes on a psychological power play between an enigmatically bold drifter (a tremendously venomous Rob Lowe) and a pinned-down marketing analyst (suitably acted by James Spader). Watch how the relationship grows and slowly treads dangerous ground, as the dream of being confident and striving to overcome one’s fears is manipulated into a tormented nightmare of aggression and punishment for simple, ungraspable fulfilment for one’s own gain. It’s a game on someone’s life and Lowe’s icy portrayal of the controlling puppeteer works effectively. Sure the fundamental storyline isn’t anything new (an old formula ala noir going contemporary) and some plot avenues seem a little too glossed over and hard to fathom, but Curtis Hanson’s daringly sharp and tight direction cements intense empowerment and morbid curiosity in certain visual suspense. Using an almost voyeuristic approach he draws upon unearthing the violence, drug habit and sleaze trying to hide behind a materialistic obsessive society. Fascinatingly slick and stylish, and the cruise-like pace moves along well enough. The soundtrack has that steamy, on edge kick that doesn’t show its age. Also for one in this time period, it’s strangely underplayed and kept in the background. The support cast play trumps to Lowe and Spader, but Lisa Zane titillates in her all too short of a role. Fashionably entertaining psycho-thriller.

Haven’t I seen this before?
Michael is a straight-flying young business kid who gets into a fight with a jealous boyfriend one night at a bar. Suddenly a mysterious stranger intervenes and saves him from a beating. The stranger disappears but later that night, while jogging, Michael bumps into him on a pier again (a foreshadowing of later events in the film).

Soon the stranger named Alex steps into Michael’s life and turns it upside down, revealing himself as a sociopathic monster after it’s too late.

If you think this plot summary sounds as if it has homosexual underlinings, perhaps it does. I mean for goodness sake what kind of grown man invites his hero to an underground club and lets him take control of his life? It’s “Single White Female” with men. Maybe Alex and Michael love each other. I don’t know. It seems like every film I’ve seen lately has been treating friendship as a sexual thing — Freeman said “Shawshank” is about two men who love each other more than friends (which I disagree with), “Chasing Amy” was none too subtle and then we have all sorts of other films like this that imply some kind of homoerotic subtext. Frankly it’s kind of grating, I miss those old films where two men were allowed to be close without being gay. (“Midnight Run”, anyone?) This is kind of like “Unlawful Entry” meets “Fight Club,” only it’s worse than both. On one hand we’ve got really bad acting from Rob Lowe as a sociopath (please!) and James Spader doing another dork impression. (Oh wait, it’s not an impression! Aha I get it now.) The script has no twists like “Fight Club” and the direction is mediocre.

The script is by David Koepp, a good writer of thrillers but he turns this one into a parody of itself. Not an awful movie, but not as good as it could have been for sure.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Thriller
Director Curtis Hanson
Writer David Koepp
Actors Rob Lowe, James Spader, Palmer Lee Todd
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm