Unlawful Entry (1992)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 8
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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 9,387
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After their Los Angeles suburban house is burglarized, Karen and Michael Carr (Madeleine Stowe and Kurt Russell), are assisted by policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta). At first, Davis seems helpful and polite, even helping the Carrs when he is off duty. Soon, it becomes apparent that the policeman has developed an obsession for Karen, and he begins terrorizing the couple, with the intent of killing Michael and running away with Karen. Though the plot is fairly predictable, Unlawful Entry is
Jun 26, 1992 Wide
May 22, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Cast
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Kurt Russell
Michael Carr -
Ray Liotta
Officer Pete Davis -
Madeleine Stowe
Karen Carr -
Roger E. Mosley
Officer Roy Cole -
Ken Lerner
Roger Graham -
Deborah Offner
Penny -
Carmen Argenziano
Jerome Lurie -
Andy Romano
Capt. Hayes -
Johnny Ray McGhee
Ernie Pike -
Dino Anello
Leon -
Oscar Abadia
Radio Announcer -
Jeffrey Beale
Prisoner on Beach -
Ed Beechner
Motorcycle Cop -
Chuck Bennett
Judge Darabont -
Paul Bollen
Plainclothes Cop -
Curt Boulware
Tall Detective -
Victor Brandt
Attorney Gershon -
Skip Carwell
Prisoner on Phone -
Chris Coombs
Valet -
Robert Costanzo
Bail Bondsman -
Dorian Daneau
Kid in Classroom -
Ed de Fusco
Plainclothes Cop -
Peter Dupont
Deputy -
Marisa Durboraw
Kid in Classroom -
Lynn Eastman
Candace Lurie -
Nora Heflin
Woman Lawyer -
Djimon Hounsou
Prisoner on Beach -
Judy Hoy
Waitress -
Leslie James
Party Guest -
Matthew Levy
Kid in Classroom -
Tony Longo
Big Anglo -
Spider Madison
Goatee -
T.J. McInturff
Layla's Kid -
Eduardo Migre
Transfer Guard -
Michael Milgrom
Prisoner -
Dick Miller
Impound Clerk -
Royce Minor
Kid in Classroom -
Craig Mizutari
Narcotics Detective -
David Taylor Moran
Party Guest -
Richard Narita
Detective Nobu -
Harry Northrup
Sgt. McMurtry -
Catherine Paolone
Operator -
Alicia Ramirez
Taco Stand Worker -
Charles David Richards
Bailiff -
Bill E. Rogers
Prison Guard -
Myim Rose
Layla -
Sherrie Rose
Girl in Jeep -
Ruby Salazar
Rosa -
Jim Selzer
Prison Guard -
Robert Steinberg
Deputy District Attorne... -
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Bob Minor
Detective Murray -
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Sonny Carl Davis
Neighbor Jack
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (8) | DVD (7)
Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, Unlawful Entry is still a very effective victimization thriller.
Neither Lewis Colick's script nor Jonathan Kaplan's direction is quite as streamlined as it could be, but you certainly get a run for your money.
Solid performances lend weight to the flakier elements, with Liotta turning crazed excess into something wild.
Top CriticMore gripping than it is convincing.
The movie is a thriller, with all the usual trappings of a thriller, but the director, Jonathan Kaplan, is able to place the story in a plausible world.
The plot is as tediously redundant as director Jonathan Kaplan's approach is carefully workmanlike.
Unlawful Entry does a tremendous job provoking the viewer with crude elements of bullying.
A wonderfully nasty turn from Liotta, along with a novel treatment of familiar plotlines, elevates Kaplan's effort into the 'must see' category.
Gordon lacks Scorsese's talent for unsettling his audience, but he can turn up the tension until you squirm in your seat or want to shout at the screen.
A paint-by-numbers suspense thriller redeemed by stylish, economic direction and a marvelous performance by Ray Liotta as a psycho L.A. cop.
It's an amazingly sharp, nasty little thriller that takes a silly situation and squeezes it to the core, vicious as a heart attack.
This well-done suspense-thriller is a variation of the Fatal Attraction theme with Ray Liotta as the cop from hell.
Okay thriller.
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A competent thriller, not much more.
Below average thriller. The power of a cop is scary, but most of the plot points are standard thriller moments, right down to the scary cat.
A solid, suspenseful "B" film
It's an amazingly sharp, nasty little thriller that takes a silly situation and squeezes it to the core, vicious as a heart attack.
Audience Reviews for Unlawful Entry
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