Product: Cold Blooded [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
LUKE WARM
COLD BLOODED is a complex, sometimes confusing, and ultimately frustrating mystery film. Director Randy Bradshaw directs in a slow-moving, static manner, and the script is bogged down with so much conspiracy going on, it's hard to focus on exactly who the heroes and villains are.Michael Moriarty is at his soporific worst in his portrayal of the assistant to the attorney general, acting like he'd much rather be at home doing crossword puzzles.Gloria Reuben has little energy in her role as a possible serial killer's lawyer.Patti LuPone needs to stick with musicals; her Barbra Streisand impersonation is fruitless.Kenneth Welsh does a nasty turn as Officer Brodski, who's using a snitch that is possibly a serial killer.The best acting in the cast comes from supporting actors who play the serial killer potential and the cop assisting Brodski. Unfortunately, I can't recall their names and they're conspiculously missing from the box.Plodding and slow, the movie would bear renting more than buying.