Quite a good thriller starring Steve Guttenberg as a man caught in a dilemma when his lover played by Isobel Huppert witnesses an attack on a local woman through his bedroom window.The attacker has already killed one girl,and later on in the film goes on to kill another.Huppert will not report the attack she saw to the police through fear of jeopardising her marriage,as her husband is Guttenbergs boss.So instead he decides to do the right thing and report the attack himself and make out it was he who was the witness.This seems a simple idea that cant go wrong,but unfortunately it does.When under cross-examination in court there are just too many facts he is presented with which make it obvious that he did not witness any attack.The police then become suspicious of him,for lieing.The real killer then goes after his lover Huppert,who has now told Guttenberg that his on his own and will have to sort it out alone.Guttenberg then becomes involved with the girl who was attacked and together they plan to trap the killer.And of course they eventually do.This film is good entertainment and works mainly because it doesn't have the usual action hero actor in the lead role,Guttenberg who is usually in comedies gives the thriller a lighter touch,and makes his character likable.However the film does have its flaws,and the biggest one for me,is that the killer does look and act to obviously sinister,and has distinctive red hair,and yet he manages to walk into bars stalk women murder them and go unnoticed,i mean,if you knew there was a psychopath on the loose and there's this sinister hostile looking man hanging around,wouldn't people find him the obvious suspect.Its almost like watching a pantomime villain where the audience is saying there he is look behind you and the other actors are acting oblivious. But then i suppose it is just a film,its worth a watch anyway.
Review of The Bedroom Window
