In Self Defense

1987

Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 184 184

psychopath witness

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Plot summary

A witness is terrorized by the killer against whom she testified.

Director

Bruce Seth Green Photo
Bruce Seth Green

Top cast

Harry Basch Photo
Harry Basch as
Roger Hampton Photo
Roger Hampton as Storekeeper
Rick Lenz Photo
Rick Lenz as Chris Fowler
Sam Dalton Photo
Sam Dalton as
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
870.93 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1
1.58 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Nick P 4 / 10

A very run of the mill TV movie

A very run of the mill TV movie, enlivened momentarily by Billy Drago's baddie, beyond this not even the imposing presence of Yaphet Kotto as the lead cop can save it. The very definition of routine.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

Reviewed by petershelleyau

aka Hollow Point

This TVM directed by Bruce Seth Green has a teleplay which presents the Los Angeles police and the court system ineffectual in the prosecution of criminals, and thereby supports the "Death Wish" vigilantism of the gun-lobby. However writers Robert Crais and David Peckinpah also support the police's stance on citizens owning guns with their claim that most guns are mishandled. The title is explained by a hole in the tip of a bullet which gives it greater striking power, and whilst this applies to the .32 automatic that Linda Purl obtains for self-protection from the attentions someone she has witnessed, it doesn't really double as an effective metaphor for Purl. The problem stems from her acting choice, where she plays her character as a woman with a small emotional range. Perhaps we are to take the cue from her reluctance to commit to her boyfriend who is conveniently absent as an airline pilot, her job where she works with children with developmental disorders, or her overuse of shoulder pads. Purl begins with sociopathic smiling, which soon gives way to Green indulging her in extended reactions, though thankfully her confrontation with Billy Drago as the bad guy has some flawed bravado. It's also probably no coincidence that Yaphet Kotto as the police detective towers over Purl, or that Kotto has a maniacal intensity as well as an odd haircut. The treatment features a security lock being installed (and approved by Kotto) that is easily opened by Drago, a cat after a bowl of Thai fighting fish, Purl having a double nightmare/hallucination, and also a funny edit from a man confidently defending Purl then a cut to him with a bloody nose. Drago has a subtextual relationship with his buddies that hardly seems to coincide with his interest in Purl, and which is represented by rock music.
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