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The Hot Spot (1990)

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This hard-boiled throwback to the film noir dramas of the 1940s and '50s is directed by filmmaker and actor Dennis Hopper, based on the novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams. Don Johnson stars as Harry Madox, a drifter who settles in a small Texas town and begins secretly setting small fires, setting up his planned heist of the local bank run by eccentric Julian Ward (Jack Nance). To pay the bills while he puts his robbery scheme in motion, Harry gets a job working at a used car lot owned

Jun 13, 2000

Orion Pictures

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This neo-noir film directed by Dennis Hopper is like a trashy pulp novel that you might read and enjoy at the beach.

July 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | Comment
Three Movie Buffs

Lazily made neo-noir that sinks its teeth into the genre's cliches with limited success.

November 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A pretty sexy and effective noir in broad daylight.

September 24, 2004 Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

The Hot Spot is an incredibly hit-and-miss affair, with the various positive elements in the film hurt by a seriously overlong running time.

July 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Nothing to write home about, but still a middling hoot

September 17, 2002 Comment
Moviehole

comes dangerously close to clicking before fizzling out

July 29, 2002 Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

Maybe worth seeing just for Jennifer Connelly's numerous assets, otherwise it's a dry and wandering affair.

July 26, 2002 Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot is an outstanding erotic thriller from director Dennis Hopper, evocative of 40s film noir yet set perfectly in present day west Texas. Although this film is known to many only for Jennifer Connelly's topless scene, the nudity is only a bonus, and I found femme fatale Virginia Madsen much sexier. She plays

October 14, 2011
Clintus M.
Clintus Maximus

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This is quintessential film noir, a little gem that reeks of Stanwyck and Mitchum and ripples with pithy one-liners, nicely convoluted plot twists and a classic moral triangle.All the leads deliver knowing and unhurried performances, aided by a lean, laconic script and smooth direction - Jennifer Connelly is the

June 9, 2010
cancercapricorn2002
David Ladd

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