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Under Pressure

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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Firefighter Lyle Wilder (Charlie Sheen) is a hero to his Los Angeles community, but few know that he's harboring a deadly secret: He's slowly turning into a sociopath. His neighbor Catherine Braverton (Mare Winningham) and her two children have clued in to Lyle's altered personality and soon find themselves targeted as his first victims. The only trouble is, they can't seem to convince anyone that Lyle is dangerous.

I loved the tension that builds up during the movie. Sheen's character is funny, psychotic, and well rounded. The one liners in this movie are a piss. Especially between Sheen and the air conditioner repairman. Unfortunately I saw it on pay-per-view and never taped it. If you like Charlie Sheen as a actor, then you'll like seeing a different side of him in this film.

CHARLIE SHEEN IS A TALENTED ACTOR, MUCH LIKE HIS FAMOUS FATHER MARTIN. HE DOES NOT LET YOU DOWN IN THIS INTENSE THRILLER. HE IS THE NEIGHBOR THAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF. IT IS A GOOD MOVIE THAT KEEPS YOUR ATTENTION. A GOOD SUPPORTING CAST ALSO. IT IS WORTH GIVING IT A WATCH.

This movie, while it may try to be very suspenseful (and actually does succeed in doing so) is an absolute riot! Ever wanted to see what would happen to Charlie Sheen if he ever went without sleep? Well, this is the movie for you! I cannot wait to see this movie again! Very underrated and deserves a hell of a lot more credit than it received.

Charlie Sheens best performance. Ever.

UNDER PRESSURE IS ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF ALL TIME!!

IT FEATURES FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES AND AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT STORY THAT WILL KEEP YOU LOCKED INTO IT UNTIL THE CREDITS ROLL!!

CHARLIE SHEEN GIVES A KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE AND MARE WINNINGHAM IS GREAT...AS ALWAYS!!

UNDER PRESSURE is a tense, disturbing film, dominated not by star Charlie Sheen's over the top performance as the demented fireman, but by the down to earth, touching performance by Mare Winningham. Mare portrays the mother of a family that is almost picture perfect; David Andrews plays her adoring husband, and she has two cute if persnickety kids. However, next door neighbor Charlie Sheen seems to have fallen apart since his heroic life-saving. His wife and son have left him, he's on probation from his job, and his wife has put a restraining order on him. Naturally, this leads him to resent the couple next door, and soon Charlie's a bloodthirsty killer. He tortures an unsuspecting refrigerator repairman, and ultimately does in a couple of cops before the final showdown with Mare and Andrews.
This could have been a much better film, had we at least understood what Sheen was like before his heroic deed. We also find out he let the baby's mother die in the fire because he was judgmental enough to condemn her having a child in a crackhouse.
Okay, so without that, we still have a good, solid movie, thanks mainly to Miss Winningham.

charlie sheen is an insane firefighter whose wife leaves him so he starts messin with the neigbors nextdoor he starts out by punching out thier windshield to move thier car later on he gets mad at the kids for wasting earths precious water and he fights an asian mailman who asked to use his phone charlie sheen plays a a great psycho and is funny in a dark way this movies basically a cheap falling down clone but i give 5 stars for the funny parts

Under Pressure is about a fireman gone wacko. After being dumped by his wife and child, Lyle ( the neighbor from hell ) gets ticked off by anything he can't control. Mainly Mare Winningham and her two bratty children. It's obvious that the incredibly sweaty Lyle is insane the moment we lay eyes on him. The way he stalks around his neighbors' yards can only mean one thing: something's about to hit the fan. And it does.

When the bratty son from next door ruins Lyle's window he pays the family a very scary visit. This segment made no sense whatsoever. We were all geared up to see real action when Sheen grabs the knife and peddles it in front of the boy's face. But the supposed-frightening scene turns silly. Lyle just leaves claiming he has to check his mail. It was a cheap trick to get the audience's mouth watering. Later that night Lyle sneaks into their home and holds them hostage with a gun. He wants to play Russian Roulette. How original!

Okay this movie has some chilling moments. It's not boring but at times silly. The way the neighbors act towards Lyle isn't realistic at all. Anyone else would have called the cops the moment he stomped into their house. Just because he leaves on his own the first time made it all right? Please. The father was the most pitiful role in the film. He didn't do anything but get the heck beaten out of him. This film is lame to the T. Charlie Sheen does a decent job but hits the planet of overacting big time. Mare Winningham is okay. The kids were cute and cuddly. Minor characters like Dawnn Lewis and Cliff from Cheers moved the story along. This movie was too short for my taste. I would have liked to see the reason behind Lyle's insanity. I couldn't buy that he went crazy just because his wife took his son away. That didn't do it for me.

If you like exciting movies, you may like Under Pressure. It doesn't make sense all the time and the characters do stupid things but it's better than serving jury duty. You may realize Sheen's scarier than you ever thought he could be.

A great movie, wouldn't mind seeing for a second or third time

A crazy psyco-thriller that is a little slow in the beginning but at the end has a lot of twist and turns.