'Nothing Underneath' is a stylish 80's Giallo thriller with glossy production with an interesting premise and a well-executed mystery. I have heard good things about this after reading several reviews, but after watching I was a bit disappointed as while the premise was good, the execution was a little flat with a very sluggish pace and not enough kills to keep me interested.
The plot = A park ranger from Wyoming Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) has a psychic connection to his twin sister Jessica (Nicola Perring) who is a fashion model in Milan. He senses that his sister is in trouble, so Bob rushes straight to Milan to investigate, but once he arrives, he discovers that she has disappeared and soon other models start getting killed, could these events be connected.
Once you get past the compelling set-up the movie quickly becomes mundane, apart from the stylish sequences where the killer strikes, but there's not enough of it to keep things moving, which is a shame as from a production standpoint this movie looks fantastic with excellent camera work and effective set pieces, but somehow everything falls flat up until the climax which could almost save this glossy bore-fest. I mean come on fashion models, psychic connections and a scissor welding maniac, this should have been much better.
The performances are decent enough with Tom Schanley giving a decent performance as the leading man and Renee Simonsen giving a memorable turn as Barbara. Plus it's always great to see Donald Pleasence in any role and here he gives a more subdued performance and yet still manages to steal the show as usual.
Overall 'Nothing Underneath' has the correct title as apart from all the glossy production, the movie itself is highly derivative thriller.
The plot = A park ranger from Wyoming Bob Crane (Tom Schanley) has a psychic connection to his twin sister Jessica (Nicola Perring) who is a fashion model in Milan. He senses that his sister is in trouble, so Bob rushes straight to Milan to investigate, but once he arrives, he discovers that she has disappeared and soon other models start getting killed, could these events be connected.
Once you get past the compelling set-up the movie quickly becomes mundane, apart from the stylish sequences where the killer strikes, but there's not enough of it to keep things moving, which is a shame as from a production standpoint this movie looks fantastic with excellent camera work and effective set pieces, but somehow everything falls flat up until the climax which could almost save this glossy bore-fest. I mean come on fashion models, psychic connections and a scissor welding maniac, this should have been much better.
The performances are decent enough with Tom Schanley giving a decent performance as the leading man and Renee Simonsen giving a memorable turn as Barbara. Plus it's always great to see Donald Pleasence in any role and here he gives a more subdued performance and yet still manages to steal the show as usual.
Overall 'Nothing Underneath' has the correct title as apart from all the glossy production, the movie itself is highly derivative thriller.