Mike's Murder

From the first time I saw this movie I loved it. Not sure why I was drawn so as it included blood and violence. The story line keeps me intrigued. It was not available for DVD or streaming so it had been years since I have watched. The Hair and clothing may make it dated to some but this is real 80s reel and not just recreating the era. Additional music by Joe Jackson is another reason why it remains a fave.I remember it be a little more violent when I first saw this, which sadly must mean we have become desensitized to such things.Debra Winger perfect for the role.

There wasn't enough to the plot--also Mike was such an unpleasant character. Debra Winger saved it along with Paul Winfield. It's a gloomy but aimless piece of filmmaking that was interesting back when it came out.

The movie is made to order. It’s worth the wait. The DVD is flawless. It’s mailed nicely. Watch the movie, it’s really good and a small appearance by Paul Winfield. One of the best actors from his generation.

Great story of love and loss. Saw this movie years ago on VHS. Winger excellent.

Vastly underrated movie....makes me miss Tommy Chilli Burgers.

THE QUALITTY WAS NOT THAT GOOD PCITURE FROZE ALOT BUT IT DID COME ON TIME. SO IM OK. OTHER DVD THAT I HAVE BOUGHT WERE FINE. SO IM HAPPY.

I saw this movie a long time ago, so long ago that I don't really remember it, except for the fact that "Mike" does, in fact, get "murdered", just like the title says. He gets killed relatively soon in the movie, since it's more about his then-girlfriend, played by Debra Winger, who digs deep to try & figure out how and why he got murdered, which brings her to some kind of secret, "underworld", a criminal gang or something along those lines - this Mike, who was either Winger's boyfriend or just a really close friend, whatever it was, was close w/Winger (her character, you know), but there turns out to be this whole part about him that the Debra character didn't know about - his ties to whatever organized crime syndicate or some corporate jazz or something illegal and outlawry...but the point of it is more seen through Debra Winger's eyes, who, being surprised (If I remember right) at his murder and so doing this kind of one-person investigation or getting clues from the cops, who probably aren't really doing anything about this case, at least not until Debra brings it to their attention & starts doing things about it, etc. Like I said it's been a while since I've seen it, so I really can't comment much on it, but I do remember that, although I would've been, like 14, 15 or so, when I saw it, something about it must've made an impression on me, to make me remember it all this time plus the fact that you never see the movie played on TV or cable at all, not even late night on Cinemax or someplace and, being that I've read good reviews of it, remember liking it the 1st time I saw it (even if I didn't see it all & I don't even remember that), I just knew that I wanted to see it (even the soundtrack is really good - on its own, as an album, it really stands up: Joe Jackson did the music for the film & wrote an album's worth of songs for the soundtrack: original stuff, but basically, a new album for Joe, one that he could add to his own discography, since all of the songs are his). Anyway, not being able to find it in Netflix or anywhere, really, on the internet, I finally was set on getting it, so I went to Amazon & I was in luck, this time I found a copy that sounds like it's decent enough - the last time I looked for the film on Amazon, a few months ago, I found that it was available but only from this one source that would, everytime someone would order it, burn a new copy of it on a DVD-R, then package it up & ship it out, but the place did mention that they were doing it that way, so they weren't hiding that fact. Anyway, the one I ordered sounded like it was a real copy, it says in the photo that the distributor/whatever that put it out is "the Warner Bros. 'Archive Collection'"; I didn't even know if it was on DVD, but if it's now part of WB's "archive collection", maybe it did get put out w/a bunch of others from the same era. Anyhow, I know it's worth watching. Not only do I remember it somewhat, but the reviews that I've read for it have all been relatively positive about it, so I must not have mis-judged the film. So now, I can't wait to get the DVD to see it again!

Excellent.

Die nachfolgende Rezension bezieht sich ausschliesslich auf die technische Qualität des DVD-Transfers dieses Films:Dieser DVD-Titel ist Teil der "Warner Archive Collection", d.h. bei Bestellungseingang wird eine DVD-ROM des Films gebrannt. Dies ermöglicht es, auch Filme im Angebot zu haben, die nur sehr selten bestellt werden. Die Bildqualität ist akzeptabel, die Quelle scheint ein älterer Print des Films zu sein.Ausstattung:- einfaches Menü- eingeteilt in 10-Minuten-Intervalle (mit der Skip-Taste)- TrailerAudio: nur engl. Originalversion. Untertitel: keine.