An imbalanced
ex-boxer (Jason Patric) stumbles in a sleepy desert bar, is accosted by the
bartender for no apparent reason, and comforted and then seduced by a beautiful
and troubled patron Rachel Ward). After bringing him home, she introduces her
to an older companion (Bruce Dern) of undisclosed relations before involving
the troubled pugilist in a harebrained kidnapping plan. From a novel by Jim
Thompson, James Foley’s After Dark, My
Sweet is steamy, seedy, cold, and intelligent modern noir with fine
performances from Ward and Dern and really a virtuoso one from Patric. Jarring,
with a knockout ending.
*** ½ out of ****
Entertainment Magazine
An imbalanced
ex-boxer (Jason Patric) stumbles in a sleepy desert bar, is accosted by the
bartender for no apparent reason, and comforted and then seduced by a beautiful
and troubled patron Rachel Ward). After bringing him home, she introduces her
to an older companion (Bruce Dern) of undisclosed relations before involving
the troubled pugilist in a harebrained kidnapping plan. From a novel by Jim
Thompson, James Foley’s After Dark, My
Sweet is steamy, seedy, cold, and intelligent modern noir with fine
performances from Ward and Dern and really a virtuoso one from Patric. Jarring,
with a knockout ending.
*** ½ out of ****
