Successful Noir

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2015)

Jack Nicholson plays a great noir lead role. His performance as a detective is also commendable. The rest of the cast performs well as well. This is a dark movie even by heavy noir standards. Dabbling in all kinds of taboo subjects. Incest being one of them which most movies don't dare tread. Even though extramarital affairs are the main subject of this movie nudity isn't relied on to portray that even though nudity was becoming much more popular during this time period. Sometimes the movie does move too slow and loses its proper pace. This movie uses subtly well to keep the film classy. This film pays great homage to the classic noir films.