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After Dark, My Sweet

1990 · 114 min

A sun-bleached, slow drift into doom, all frayed nerves and bad decisions under a desert haze.

Directed by
James Foley
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
Tagline
All they risked was everything.
Overview
Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

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Directed by
James Foley
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • crime
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Directed by
James Foley
Written by
James Foley, Robert Redlin
Starring
Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Rocky Giordani, Tom Wagner, James E. Bowen Jr., George Dickerson, Napoleon Walls
Music
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Cinematography
Mark Plummer
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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