Fatal Beauty (1987)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Tom Holland

Writers:

Bill Svanoe (story)
Hilary Henkin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

An earthquake is about to hit L.A. It's called Detective Rita Rizoli.

Plot:

Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the...

Plot Keywords:

Ford Mustang | Racial Slur | Drugs | Undercover | Police

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Rita Rizzoli
Sam Elliott	...	Mike Marshak
Rubén Blades	...	Carl Jimenez (as Ruben Blades)
Harris Yulin	...	Conrad Kroll
John P. Ryan	...	Lt. Kellerman
Jennifer Warren	...	Cecile Jaeger
Brad Dourif	...	Leo Nova
Mike Jolly	...	Earl Skinner
Charles Hallahan	...	Deputy Getz
David Harris	...	Raphael
James LeGros	...	Zack Jaeger (as James Le Gros)
Neill Barry	...	Denny Miflin
Mark Pellegrino	...	Frankenstein
Clayton Landey	...	Jimmy Silver
Fred Asparagus	...	Delgadillo

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

CST Telecommunications

Trivia:

A love scene was filmed between Sam Elliot and Whoopi Goldberg, but was cut from the final edit. The kiss he gives her at the end hints at the relationship as it was originally scripted.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Delgadillo says "Look at this. They even stamped the package wrong!" his mouth doesn't match what he is saying.

Quotes:

Bartender: Do you want a glass?
Rita Rizzoli: Do I want a glass? No, wrap it in a taco dumb motherf - -er, yes I want a glass.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The January Man (1989)

Soundtrack:

On The Edge Of Love

Whoopi's mere presence is reassuring, but film itself is a minefield...

Director Tom Holland attempts to bring the "Whoopi Goldberg caper comedy" into a new era by adding more serious, dramatic content, drugs and violence. The picture ends up being a murky hybrid of different styles, with Goldberg cast as a cop in Los Angeles tracking down a narcotics ring dealing in killer drugs (isn't that redundant?). Sub-plot romance between Whoopi and fellow cop Sam Elliott never gets off the ground (mainly because Holland keeps most of this story-thread off the screen), while Goldberg tosses in a few sassy asides to reassure us she hasn't become Dirty Harriet. The end result shows definite signs of post-production tinkering, and very little of it is successful. *1/2 from ****