10 to Midnight | | Cast : | Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens | | Director : | J. Lee Thompson | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | March 11, 1983 | | DVD Released Date : | February 04, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | Still Good Viewing for me, maybe for You.-probably worth 3-1/2 Stars | Content
 | The Story Line has been discussed to death by other Reviewers, so I'll try to help you see if this movie is for you. Being and older person now, I saw this when I was younger, and the appeal was and is: Gene Davis IS the Killer you can really dislike. There's just nothing about him you can like, and he rubs me the wrong way in everything he is, as a person in this movie: his lines, the sound of his voice, his arrogance, you nameit-the guy plays a great Killer!
That being said, the movie and surroundings are a bit dated, so the appeal for younger fans will probably not be there. It also lacks the "speed" of modern crime movies, but, for me, being an older person, it works. The conversations are a bit stiff and stuffy, but it's vintage Bronson, and the ending is definitely different from most movies of this type.
Older people, like myself, like these older movies BECAUSE they Don't have a lot of high speed chases and bar room brawls, so it's definitely not for everyone, and probably not for younger movie fans. I would bet that you'll remember the Killer and you'll remember the ending.
Finally, the audio and video are about as good as it gets for a movie this old, and both are more than acceptable. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | Charles Bronson is after the naked killer. | Content
| If you liked Charles Bronson in the "Death Wish" film series, you'll like him in this unique crime-drama.
Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a physically fit, well-groomed man. he also wears Brut aftershave for an afternoon out. he is pleasent and witty with the girls, but they seem to be rejecting him. The ladies are loosing their cool to quick.
He goes to the theatre bathroom, puts on some rubber gloves, crawls out the window to a makeout hideout in the woods. he catches a man and a woman making-out and kills them both. By the way, he likes to go after his prey and kills them in the nude.
He puts his clothes back on and makes it back to the theatre bathroom and back into the theatre. The girls never knew he left the building.
Police Detective, Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson) is about to be hot on his trail. But unknown to him, the killer is now after the detectives adult daughter, Laurie (Lisa Eilbacher).
Also in the cast: Andrew Stevens, Geoffrey Lewis, Beau Billingslea, Neal Fleming, Paul McCallum, Jerome Thor. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 21, 2005 | | Summary | Cute Girls Die - Avoid! | Content
| Cute girls are murdered in this movie. It doesn't matter how well-written or well-acted this movie is. Cute girls should never be killed. It's depressing. Avoid this movie and buy something else. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 20, 2005 | | Summary | More Bronson sleaze | Content
| Every few months I find myself lamenting the passing of Charles Bronson. He died in 2003, and it is only in the last year or so that many of his memorable films have started to arrive on DVD. I suspect most viewers will consider that a bad thing, especially concerning his "Death Wish" films and the other low budget boilerplate actioners he made under the Cannon banner in the 1980s. Not me; I love watching the stone faced Bronson mow down waves of street scum in a vain attempt to rescue America from the forces of decadence lurking within. Arguably the apogee of this type of Bronson film is "Death Wish 3," an almost cartoonish romp that sees Chuck running through the streets of a New York City slum spraying rounds from a belt fed machine gun. You'd be hard pressed to find a Clint Eastwood film that tops any of the later "Death Wish" entries. They are all out on DVD, along with several other marvelously seedy films. You can now watch "Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects" on DVD, for instance, as well as "10 to Midnight," a wallow in the muck actioner/slasher film hybrid that was one of the first Bronson/Cannon collaborations.
Bronson plays a cop (duh!) named Leo Kessler whose lengthy years on the force have instilled a deep and bitter loathing for a legal system that allows obviously guilty criminals to walk free. His latest case only serves to reinforce his despair: some nut followed a gal and her boyfriend out into the woods and hacked them up with a knife. We soon learn that the nut in question is one Warren Stacy (Gene Davis), a fairly good-looking guy whose memories of past rejection lead him to prey on women he finds desirable. Stacy is a clever criminal, a man capable of carefully plotting out his crimes and his alibis. In the case of the abovementioned crime, Warren goes to a movie theater and makes certain that several employees and a couple of girls see him before and after the film. During the feature presentation, however, he sneaks out a bathroom window and follows his victims into the woods. Understanding that blood tends to leave stains on clothing, Stacy makes sure to disrobe before committing his heinous crimes. Yep, that's right--what we've got here is a serial killer who likes to hunt down his prey while wearing nothing but his birthday suit. Warren runs into a bit of difficulty when he hears his victim's roommate tell Kessler and his hotshot partner Paul McCann (Andrew Stevens) about a diary that might mention him by name. More bloody violence ensues.
In the process of trying to cover his tracks, however, Warren Stacy opens himself up to investigation by Kessler and McCann. Down to the police station the three go, and it's not too long before Kessler has it in for this hateful young man. Our hero is absolutely convinced Stacy is the man behind the murders, so much so that he will eventually break the law himself to put this killer behind bars for life. I won't mention what Kessler does exactly to send Warren to the slammer, but it's safe to say that it goes against everything a young cop like Paul McCann believes in. He launches a covert investigation of his own and learns what Kessler did and then confronts his partner with the findings. Needless to say, our murderer walks and threatens to resume his previous activities. With no rules and regulations to inhibit his actions, Kessler goes after Warren Stacy in an effort to provoke a response. Does it work? You bet it does! It works so well that Leo's daughter Laurie (Lisa Eilbacher) moves to the top of the victim's list. Cue a heavy dose of slasher mania as Stacy stalks Laurie and her roommates at a local nursing school. Blood splatters across the screen as our unclothed killer slashes and stabs his way closer and closer to the hapless Laurie. Will Leo Kessler arrive in time to save his flesh and blood? Will the disgraced cop put an end to the nightmare that is Warren Stacy?
If you don't know the answer to these questions, you haven't been diligently studying Bronson's filmography. "10 to Midnight" is fairly typical Cannon action fodder: extremely conservative on the issue of law and order, viciously bloody, and enormously entertaining to watch. It's not as nasty as "The Evil That Men Do" or "Death Wish 2," but it's close. As proof of this assertion I offer up the scene where Kessler discovers several unseemly items in Warren Stacy's bathroom and later confronts the killer with them down at the precinct house. Yuck! Then there are the over the top obscene phone calls Stacy makes to Laurie Kessler. Yuck again! The killings are quite brutal yet by the numbers for slasher fare: close up shots of screaming faces contorting in pain as the dastardly deed occurs. The acting is much better here than in later Bronson/Cannon films. Eilbacher is a cute, sassy little chick who is fun to watch, Bronson shows more range as Leo Kessler than he ever did in his other '80s action flicks, and even Andrew Stevens puts forth some real effort. Gene Davis hits a homerun as the memorably narcissistic, raging serial killer Warren Stacy.
It's fun to revisit this potboiler on DVD. What isn't amusing is the dearth of serious extras. None of these Cannon era films recently released by MGM contain more than a trailer or two as extras, and "10 to Midnight" is no exception. I just about fell over in shock to see a widescreen picture transfer with this film since many of Bronson's (and by extension Cannon's) films usually get a fullscreen release. If you can't get enough of seamy, low budget 1980s thrillers, "10 to Midnight" is right up your alley. Check it out.
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| Rating | | | Date | September 26, 2003 | | Summary | What's The Title Have To Do With Anything? | Content
| What do you do when you have a naked psychopath running around in the buff killing girls that turned him down? Well, if you're Bronson, you get Bronson on his behind! Coz Chuck isn't a nice person, he's a "mean, selfish S.O.B." You may want a story, but Chuck wants a killer, and what he wants comes first! He hates quiche, and coleslaw makes him sick! Well, after unsuccessfully trying to put this creep in the slammer by bending the rules a tad, Bronson's thrown off the force. Well, we all know that never stopped him before, so he continues to go after the killer(a wonderfully pathetic, yet creepy performance by Gene Davis). But guess what! The killer goes after Bronson's daughter(naturally), and it becomes personal. Well, I won't give it all away(not that I need to, this is a Bronson movie here), but I'd recommend this one. It's harmless cheap thrills-a little bit of tough guy action and a little bit of slasher flick. What more could you want? Perfect late night viewing. |
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