Mixing film noir with flights of fantasy, this ineffectual straight-to-video release concerns a handicapped man who escapes his painful existence by imagining himself as a 1950s private eye.
Paralyzed from the waist down as a result of spinal cancer, Richard (Jim Metzler) is in the care of his annoying sister Peep (Kay Lenz). Richard spends his days getting drunk, staring at a pretty blonde neighbor (Andrea Thompson), and watching old crime movies on TV. A friend, new-age adherent
Duncan (John Ritter) urges him to escape his pain by "objectifying" himself into an imaginary world. Following this advice, Richard leaves his wheelchair behind as '50s-era gumshoe Ric...
Released:
1996
Rated:
R
Length:
107 mins