Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who has supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...
Acting
Bob Hoskins steals every scene as the sweaty, world-weary Gus Klein.
Cinematography
San Francisco fog becomes a character — moody, obscuring, gorgeous.
Direction
Petersen builds dread through mundane spaces turned sinister.
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Berenger's 'reconstructed' face required subtle makeup and lighting tricks that took three hours daily.
Released months before Basic Instinct, this was part of a brief 90s neo-noir boom that resurrected 40s paranoia for the erotic thriller era.
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