Dead On

1994, Movie, NR, 92 mins

Dead On: Review

DEAD ON brazenly imitates Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, then has the nerve to call attention to the theft in its dialogue. Changing the sex of one of the principals, this erotic thriller uses its inspiration as a peg on which to hang revenge and cuckoldry plot formulations that seem positively prehistoric. (The distaff revamp, ACCIDENTAL MEETING, is a much craftier jog through Hitchcock territory.) Womanizing, high-living airline pilot Ted Beaumont (Matt McCoy)... read more leave a comment