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Raw Heat

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For a TV movie(not cable)this is one of the sexiest shows I've ever seen. Pierce is a handsome rogue and JoBeth is one of my favorites. This thriller never lets up till the final moments of the film. A shocker. Just as you think you've clenched it, bingo here you go again. Would recomend it, simply for the fun of watching Brosnan and Williams steam up the screen. The dance scene was pretty well worth it too as was the visit to the local museum! Buy it and enjoy.

A word to the wise: I purchased this for my wife's Pierce Brosnan collection only to discover that it is a re-titled re-release of "Victim of Love", which we already owned on DVD. Buyer beware: two versions of the same DVD are being listed for sale simultaneously under different titles and packaging without any disclosure of the duplicate content.

I was not expecting a good movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. I highly recommend this movie. Pierce Bronson is sexy and so is Jo Beth Williams. A real thriller-under-rated.

The cheesy late 80's-early 90's saxophone aside, it's pretty good, for something of this genre. THe first love screen between the two main characters is red-hot, as are the rest of them. There's a lot of twists and turns that leave you wondering if Paul (Brosnan's character) is bad or good, but ultimately, you realize it's Pierce Brosnan, who cares, I just want him. :)
Solid work from everyone and a decent way to waste a weekend or weekday afternoon.

I loved this movie from start to finish. It was real good. I just love Pierce Brosan.

Is dashing Pierce Brosnan a wife murderer?
Is he a manipulative cad? Is he telling the truth or is Virginia Madsen? And why is an average looking Jobeth Williams such a desired commodity for Brosnan?
These and many other questions are left unanswered in this made for TV dud. The script tries to be Hitchcockian in its many twists, but Hitch knew how to make those twists convincing, whereas the writers of RAW HEAT merely hoped for any similarities. Williams as a shrink does a real no-no in revealing something a client told her in confidence; she also vacillates back and forth in trying to assess Brosnan's duplicity, and the end is so uh-oh, what have I done, it makes no sense. And who really killed Brosnan's wife?
Brosnan is an automaton, capitalizing on his suave looks, and Madsen shows some of the talent that would eventually lead to her Oscar nominated performance in SIDEWAYS. But RAW HEAT is DEAD COLD in my book.

This wanna-be Hitchcockian thriller shamelessly rips off scenes from Vertigo, Psycho, and North by Northwest, with the music of Richard Stone imitation Bernard Herrmann via Pino Donaggio. Psychologist Jobeth Williams is dating Pierce Brosnan, the same man who it turns out is also dating her patient, Virginia Madsen. Or is he? The time it takes Jobeth to realise such a faux pas makes her seem rather dim, though she appears to be preoccupied in showing how she thinks she can do sexy. It is unfortunate that her (many!) love scenes with Pierce play so awkwardly, though having Pierce recite Edgar Allan Poe badly doesn't help. Madsen probably comes off best. She manages to invest emotion and truth in what is a cliche role of the woman scorned. Jobeth has some tiny moments, particularly with her friend played by the baritone-voiced Georgia Brown. Director Jerry London gives us a juggling clown to represent Jobeth's confusion, and rain to accompany Billie Holiday singing Stormy Weather.

I thought it had great apeal. Very twisted turn of events that keep you hanging and guessing.