The underrated, old-fashioned B-movie director Walter Hill (The Warriors) made this excellent action drama with an amazing cast.
Johnny Handsome (1990)
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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 8
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Born with a horribly disfigured face, and unable to become part of "normal"society, John Sedley turns to a life of crime. But his two fellow gang members trick him and Johnny is sent to prison.... Born with a horribly disfigured face, and unable to become part of "normal"society, John Sedley turns to a life of crime. But his two fellow gang members trick him and Johnny is sent to prison. There he meets a plastic surgeon who takes sympathy on him and surgically transforms him into a new man. Now unrecognizable to those who once new him, the once ugly duckling plots a vicious revenge. [More]
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker, Scott Wilson, Lance Henriksen, Morgan Freeman
Director: Walter Hill
Director: Walter Hill
Screenwriter: Ken Friedman
Story: John Godey
Producer: Charles Roven
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Reviews for Johnny Handsome
A stylish and tough crime-thriller with that underlying mournfulness which characterizes Hill's best work.
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