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Profile for Murder [VHS]

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This is a must see for fans of Lance Henriksen. Besides the Millennium series this is my favorite. A super sexy psychological thriller. I've watched it over and over. Henriksen gives a mesmerizing performance combining mystery, menace,vulnerabilty, hidden sensitivity and uninhibited primal sensuality. He is a master of complex characters when given the chance. Can't imagine why this was not released to the theaters. Strong cast.

Unfortunately, this is a derivative, poorly scripted bit of straight-to-video schlock. Its only value lies in the novelty of seeing Lance Henriksen as a slightly sinister womanizer (with some softcore sex scenes to boot). Pity that Mr. H only gets about 37 minutes of screen time. Co-star Joan Severance has been better in any number of other features, but she has little to work with in this script. The story is predictable (you'll know who the killer is well before anyone in the story figures it out). The characters behave in ways that serve the plot without making sense. The dialogue is terrible--neither smart nor sexy (what you can hear of it between the poor sound editing and the lousy music). This film will only interest serious fans of Lance Henriksen or Joan Severance. If you're looking for a smartly done, sexy mystery/thriller . . . keep looking.

Severance and Henrikson are great as ever in this thriller, with each of them giving strong performances.