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Blu-ray Review - Deadly Love

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Writer/director Michael S. O'Rourke looks to bring the teenage pain and melodrama of a Shangri-Las song to the screen with 1987's "Deadly Love." It's a study of tragedy and revenge, but also obsession and dark magic, with O'Rourke aiming to summon the passion of youth to help energize a grim examination of insanity. The elements are all there in the plot, giving the helmer a shot to generate a twisted tale featuring unstable characters and their fixations, but the movie isn't always interested in pursuing the most dynamic storytelling. "Deadly Love" has difficulty working up intensity, or any suspense really, finding O'Rourke unable to overcome obvious budgetary limitations and go for something gonzo. Little of it makes sense, but there's an idea here that's interesting. It's just never developed into something outrageous. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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