
52 Pick-Up
Taste attributes: crimedramathrillersexdetectivefresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatelineargrittyenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardy
"His Wife... His Mistress... His Career... A Deadly Trap"
Boxlist takeHeavy and small-scale: a morally murky crime thriller, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
6.2 /10
TMDB · 60 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a video tape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Cannon Group
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











