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Dangerous Game (1993)

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Movie Info

Celebrated indie filmmaker Eddie Israel (Harvey Keitel) heads to California to shoot his latest movie, Mother of Mirrors, an examination of a marriage in which the wife pressures her husband to abandon their formerly mutual sex-and-drugs lifestyle and seek the same kind of religious conversion she has experienced. Leaving behind his own wife Madlyn (Nancy Ferrara) and his young son, Eddie explains the impetus of his latest project in a series of behind-the-scenes interviews. Meanwhile, Sarah

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

In Theaters: Nov 19, 1993 Wide

On DVD: Jul 26, 2005

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Harvey Keitel
Eddie Israel
Madonna
Sarah Jennings
James Russo
Francis Burns
Nancy Ferrara
Madlyn Israel
Reilly Murphy
Tommy
Victor Argo
Director of Photography
Christina Fulton
Blonde
Dylan Hundley
Party Guest
Glenn Plummer
Burns' Buddy
Julie Pop
Morton's Waitress
John Snyder
Party Guest
Leonard Thomas
Prop Guy
Adina Winston
Party Guest
Lori Eastside
Party Guest
Hiram Ortiz
Hair
Bill Pope
Camera Operator
Anthony Redman
Swinger
Martin Schaer
Camera Operator
Jesse Long
Script Supervisor
Randall Sabusawa
Producer
Mindy Eshelman
Wardrobe
Noga Isackson
1st AD
Linda Murphy
Boom Operator
Steven Albert
Boxing Announcer
Robyn B. Ashley
Flight Attendant
Lili Barsha
Flight Attendant
Heather Bracken
Stewardess
Marta Bukowski
Video Tap Monitor
Jim Fitzgerald
1st Assistant Cameraman
Juliette Hohnen
Bar Patron
Niki Munroe
Girl in Trailer
Richard Belzer

Critic Reviews for Dangerous Game

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (11) | DVD (3)

One of [Ferrara's] most rewardingly challenging works.

May 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

...an uncommonly interminable experience.

February 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

This twisted little trainwreck is amazing for the fact that it was ever even made.

January 10, 2006 Comment

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Two minutes in and Harvey Keitel's sweaty, heaving, naked body is on display. Yes, it's another Abel Ferrara picture...

May 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

More dreadful than dangerous.

June 5, 2003 Comment

Spyder Darling

NY Rock

Dreary drivel from Madonna's "arty" phase

May 30, 2003 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Had everything going for it, but then never really went anywhere.

July 26, 2002 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Among the movie's triumphs is that Madonna actually wakes up and gives a solid, believable performance.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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I understood the premise of this film (about a filmmaker trying to get more and more out of his actors while fighting his own personal demons) but the movie was too dark, both mentally and production-wise. Madonna actually puts together a halfway-decent performance, as does method-acting extraordinaire Keitel. Not the

January 10, 2011

Derek Daniels

Super Reviewer

A different type of film, it just didn't pull me in like I expected.

January 5, 2008

Sarah Prisbylla

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