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Killing 'Em Softly

1985, Movie, NR, 81 mins

Killing 'Em Softly: Review

Irene Cara's follow-up to FAME is a Canadian-made starring vehicle that ran out of gas. Shot mostly in 1982, completed in 1985 and released direct-to-video in the U.S. in 1988, its chief distinctions are a wonderfully historic montage of a pre-renovation Times Square and the fact that the film destroyed two companies. Jane (Cara), an aspiring singer, lives in a rundown apartment house on New York City's St. Mark's Place, where most of the film's exteriors were shot. Her neigh... read more leave a comment