Film Review – STORMY MONDAY (1988)
Stormy Monday (1988; UK/USA; Rankcolor; 93m) ***½ d. Mike Figgis; w. Mike Figgis; ph. Roger Deakins; m. Mike Figgis. Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, James Cosmo, Mark Long, Brian Lewis, Ying Tong John, Mick Hamer, Ian Hinchcliffe, Andrzej Borkowski, Caroline Hutchinson, Les Wilde, Desmond Gill, Benny Graham, Derek Hoxby, Catherine Chevalier, Brendan P. Healy, Clive Curtis, Heathcote Williams. A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. Atmospheric British gangster thriller pays homage to the Hollywood movies of the 30s and 40s. Bean is effective as out-of-work drifter drawn into a stand-off between Sting's jazz club owner and Jones' American gangster over a new property development. Griffith oozes appeal as the moll caught between her ties to Jones and her love for Bean. Well-judged script and neat camera work add to the noir feel. Followed by the TV series Finney in 1994, which ran for just one season. [15]
CategoriesFilm Reviews TagsCrime, Melanie Griffith, Mike Figgis, Sean Bean, Sting, Thriller, Tommy Lee Jones
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