A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since Roger Ebert really loved it (he even chose it as one of the best movies of 1986), I was really eager to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good, even though, to be honest, I wasn't as enthousiast as Roger Ebert. Something I quite enjoyed was the fact that Dennis Quaid was trying something else with this flick and he definitely provided a good and refreshing performance. At the time, Ellen Barkin was more of less specialized in this kind of sexy femmes fatales and I thought she had some great chemistry with Dennis Quaid. On top of that, the directing was pretty solid, above all, the mood was very well done and New Orleans was in fact an actual protagonist in this story. Eventually, to be honest, I didn't think the story was really amazing, it was a little bit too pedestrian and predictable for my taste but it was still entertaining enough. To conclude, even though I don’t think it was really a masterpiece, it was still a really solid film noir and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10