![]() ![]() Sexy Steven Bauer is a master thief, where his co partner, a younger David Caruso run a very lucrative operation. It only stands to prove what idiots make up the bulk of American audiences. I love that it is Bruckheimer/Simpson's lowest grossing film. Invariably, the final scene leaves me in tears-of frustration for the characters, of enchantment for the beauty that is Thief of Hearts. The film is tremendous, ridiculously moving, simply magical. That "flash" epitomized the decade and I've seen no slicker example, no smarter implementation of it than in this little picture here. I'll grant certain persons there being plenty of "flash," (otherwise known as brilliant photography and an energetic soundtrack) but.welcome to the 80's. The infatuation, the sickness that plagues Scott Muller in this film is so clearly, so intensely conveyed through Stewart's meticulous direction (it's his frickin' script) and the thoroughly phenomenal performance of Steven Bauer. That he is capable of such sensitivity, instinct and passion just gives me chills, as said emotions are so pitifully rare in mainstream filmmaking (let's not even discuss the hollow garbage that has risen to the surface in the past decade). In my heart, Douglas Day Stewart is a genius. This had all the makings of a cool little thriller, it just gets more mundane as the film progresses and Bauer is nothing but a miserable child in this movie. It's a cheesiest in a bad way, and thank goodness that the producers had Top Gun around the corner. What's a girl to do? Caruso pops up every now and again, with lots of attitude and the soundtrack crashes in and out one several occasions, which is funny for all the wrong reasons. Plus the fact that the husband does the worst thing imaginable and tries to make a living rather than letting his wife seduce him. Is this really the guy I saw in Scarface? He was amazing in that movie. Yes Bauer has the charisma and the looks, but he is awful as the lead, and his delivery of lines and the way he changes just ruins the whole movie. So its unfortunate that this film for me sunk like a led balloon. Great producers, great musicians doing the score, and just made in the part of the eighties where everything was cool, and everybody lived in excess. This had the makings of a brilliant eighties movie for me. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies. John Caruso puts in a disturbing and powerful performance as the drugged-crazed partner who takes matters into his own hands.Ī woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. A sense of compassion is felt for the central character as he strives to live a fantasy of his own making that slowly starts to disintegrate due to his own dark life. The story itself is not wonderfully exciting, but the fantasy of a burglar falling for one of his victims and using his psychological advantage to seduce her is quite interesting. I enjoyed this movie for a number of reasons but most of all, I thought it had a fantastic eighties soundtrack throughout. Inevitably, events catch up with the thief as his partner in crime goes to desperate measures to eliminate this side-distraction. ![]() Passing himself off as a Company Director, he slowly seduces the victim and this is facilitated by her failing marriage. After stealing her portrait and personal memoires, he proceeds to "learn" more and more about the victim until he decides to come into personal contact. The film tells a story of a burglar who falls in love with one of his victims whilst doing her house one night. ![]()
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