[diebitter]

Nice review.


I love this movie, and it seemed like I waited forever for it to come out on DVD. I'm a bit rusty on this, but I do remember a bit where the girl leaves him, and he's playing the blues in the rain, and you get the feeling that's the first time he's playing with emotion rather than technical expertise.

The guitar duel at the end is one of the truly great scenes of movies.


The director, Walter Hill, has made some good, solid movies in his time, but I think this is my favourite.

He's also made The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 hours, and the slightly cheesy but fun Streets of Fire.