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"Johnny Handsome" comes out of the film noir atmosphere of the 1940s, out of movies with dark streets and bitter laughter, with characters who live in cold-water flats and treat saloons as their living rooms.
Full Review | Jul 6, 2022. Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid. The underrated, old-fashioned B-movie director Walter Hill (The Warriors) made this excellent action drama with an amazing ...
Sep 29, 1989 · Johnny Handsome: Directed by Walter Hill. With Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman. After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
- (11K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Walter Hill
- 1989-09-29
Johnny Handsome received mixed reviews from critics. It holds a rating of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews. [17] Henriksen and Barkin were nominated by the Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Johnny Handsome is a bank robber with facial deformities. When his friend is killed and he is double-crossed by some accomplices on a job he ends up in prison, but his case is taken up by a pioneering surgeon researching the link between physical disabilities and criminal recidivism.
Johnny Handsome Review. John Sedley, aka Johnny Handsome (Rourke), is a facially deformed heist-merchant who is double-crossed and ends up in jail. There, a doctor fixes his face and sends...
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After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
