Perfect Strangers

1984

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 721 721

hitman gangster

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Plot summary

A hitman tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.

Director

Larry Cohen Photo
Larry Cohen

Top cast

Ann Magnuson Photo
Ann Magnuson as Malda
Stephen Lack Photo
Stephen Lack as Lieutenant Burns
Anne Carlisle Photo
Anne Carlisle as Sally
Bettina Köster Photo
Bettina Köster as Feminist
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839.03 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
R
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 2
1.52 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

A gem of a little thriller with the

A gem of a little thriller with the unique premise of a toddler being witness to a killing by a hitman. Now ordered to take out the child, the hitman has a crisis of conscious, then starts dating the child's mother, in order to get closer and attempt to better asses the situation. Only he also begins developing real feelings for the family... It's a bit slow in parts, but it's tense and effective throughout.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

A really cool concept on the thriller genre

A really cool concept on the thriller genre about a toddler who witnesses a gang murder, leading to the hitman shacking up with the boy's mother in an attempt to figure out what the toddler knows and see if the young boy is capable of identifying him. Typical of Larry Cohen, this is an offbeat thriller that has some great atmosphere and mood, but it's a really tight story of the moral repercussions and consequences which unfold beautifully. Cohen really uses the young boy to his advantage, focusing on the boy's face during key sequences to illicit this sense of uncertainty to what exactly the boy recalls/knows about the murder. There are some great off-kilter sequences between the boy and the hitman, where he tries to explain the situation to the young boy-they are both hysterical and great at showing the mental exhaustion which the hitman is going through. The mother is such a great character, who clearly is trying to be a strong women, and I really found myself invested in her journey as a character-though, most of the film is definitely from the Hitman's perspective. Hell, every character in this film is very multi-dimesional-the mom, the ex-husband, the hitman etc., and the film beautifully comes together in a wonderful finale. The film uses the New York locations to great effect, paired with some great sound design to create a nice little time capsule of 80's New York. This has got to be Cohen's most emotionally resonant film, which is much more a tight narrative than some of his more off-kilter work.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Larry Cohen is a fabulously underrated writer and

Larry Cohen is a fabulously underrated writer and directer and this is another of his little gems. This is not one of his more celebrated films, like "Black Caesar", "It's Alive", or "Q The Winged Serpent", but it still delivers Cohen's trademark smart concepts with exploitation sensibilities. This time it involves hitman who has a 3 year old witness one of his hits. The crux of the film is whether or not the hitman will kill the child to keep himself in the clear. With Cohen, you really do not know how the film is going to end and that's where the film gets it's strength. There are no real stars in the film, but the always great Ann Magnuson has a nice supporting role and I could have sworn I fleetingly saw Illeana Douglas. Well worth watching low budget film. Oh, and Dobber/Patrick Starfish Bill Fagerbakke also plays a mafia thug in the film.
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