Film1984115 min

Tightrope

Name: Tightrope
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1984
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck

Taste attributes: crimemysterythrillerdetectivefastunsavouryheavyintricateenclosedfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"A cop on the edge."

Boxlist takeExpect a smart, heavy crime thriller, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 228 votes

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What lines up

Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

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