| The Underneath |  | Actors: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker
Studio: Universal Studios
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Sales Rank: 70,188
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD20445D
ISBN: 0783229623
UPC: 025192044526
EAN: 9780783229621
ASIN: 0783229623
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Description
Peter Gallagher, Academy Award-nominee Elisabeth Shue and Joe Don Baker set the stage for danger in this provocative thriller from the director of sex, lies and videotape. A charming drifter returns to his "home," where he makes a desperate and very dangerous deal in order to reclaim his ex-girlfriend (Alison Elliott). When passion ignites into obsession, a treacherous game of "who can you trust?" spins a deadly web of intrigue and murder - from which no one escapes unscathed.
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Whereas most movie remakes are straightforward updates of older (and usually better) movies, this 1994 crime drama tries to revitalize an old story with a few tricks of its own. Using the 1949 film noir thriller Criss Cross as his primary inspiration, director Steven Soderbergh takes a different, stylistically adventurous approach to the story of a habitual screwup (Peter Gallagher) who returns to Austin, Texas, for his mother's wedding and tries to pick up where he left off. He left a lot of people angry at him, including his abandoned wife (Alison Elliott) and some book-makers looking for payment on old debts. He concocts a robbery scheme after taking a job with an armored car company, and from that point forward Underneath lives up to its title, using multiple flashbacks to relay the story of a man who slips below the border of propriety and gets himself into all kinds of trouble. Although it's too low-key to generate consistent excitement, the movie draws you in with its intriguing plot and characters, and the flashback structure keeps you guessing about what will happen next. Not a great film by any means, but in hindsight it can be viewed as valuable preparation for Soderbergh's highly underrated 1998 thriller Out of Sight. --Jeff Shannon
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