Review by Dragan Antulov
1 star out of 4
Today's popular culture might is obsessed with the serial killers,
but this obsession is not shared by those who have to deal with
them professionally. At least this is impression we might take from
TUNNEL VISION, 1995 Australian thriller written and directed by
Clive Fleury. One day women become prey of a serial killer whose
modus operandi indicate artistic ambitions. The case is assigned
to attractive female detective Kelly Wheatstone (played by Patsy
Kensit) who doesn't seem to be too preoccupied with the
investigation. Instead she takes more interest in a well-being of
her partner Frank Yanovich (played by Robert Reynolds) who has
recently married to the young artist Helena Martinelli (played by
Rebecca Rigg). Yanovich becomes pathologically jealous and
starts indulging himself in all sorts of pathological behaviour, while
Kelly tries to save him from the wrath of Inspector Bossy (played
by Shane Briant), their unsympathetic superior. In the meantime,
their investigation is going nowhere.
Probably aware that the serial killer plots were overused in recent
years, Clive Fleury tries to give some original spin by combining
genres and introducing subplots more suitable for soap opera than
for police procedurals. Unfortunately, this multitude of plots can't
work in a film that is supposed to have only 100 minutes of running
time. To make things even worse, Fleury shows great ineptness as
a director, and because of that TUNNEL VISION looks even
cheaper than its low budget would indicate. Multitude of plots in
this film also leads to multitude of cliches, resulting in just another
boring film with predictable plot twists. The only remotely good
thing about this film is Patsy Kensit whose portrayal of
policewoman shows another example of unorthodox casting. Yet
this curiosity is hardly a reason why should viewers waste time on
TUNNEL VISION.
Copyright © 2002 Dragan Antulov
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out of 4
