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A psychiatrist asks one of her psychology students, an ex-police detective, to shadow her a few nights. She fears she has split personality and may have killed someone. The student has a cru... Read allA psychiatrist asks one of her psychology students, an ex-police detective, to shadow her a few nights. She fears she has split personality and may have killed someone. The student has a crush on his cute teacher and says yes.A psychiatrist asks one of her psychology students, an ex-police detective, to shadow her a few nights. She fears she has split personality and may have killed someone. The student has a crush on his cute teacher and says yes.
Jim Belushi
- Tom Beckwith
- (as James Belushi)
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- TriviaVera Miles' final film acting role.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Fast Show: Mixa (1996)
- SoundtracksForceps
Performed by Spahn Ranch
Courtesy of Intravenus Music, 2BC Music, and Cleopatra Records
Produced by Robert Morton (as Rob Morton) and Matt Green
Written by Robert Morton (as Rob Morton) and Athan Maroulis
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Awww the 90's, my era & a beautiful time to into movies. I loved spending ages in Blockbuster looking at all the videos & seeing all the Awesome looking B-movies with all the awesome B-movie stars gracing the covers & i loved finding James Belushi films.
I grew up watching & loving Belushi in Red Heat & K-9 both 80's Cop Classic's & during late 90's & early 2000's i discovered lots of Belushi gems. Yes they were direct-to-video B-movies but Belushi was always great in anything. I remember absolutely loving the direct-to-video sequel K-911 (1999) & watched it countless times. Jim Belushi was always excellent at playing Cops (good or bad) & he's just a damn enjoyable screen presence in any movie. Jim Belushi is hilarious, silly, goofy, sarcastic & alot of fun but he can equally be a dramatic dark force (Retroactive, Gang Related, One Way Out) when needed, he's a damn good actor.
Anyway yes I'm a Jim Belushi fan & have been since the 90's. My favourite Belushi character will always be Mike Dooley from the K-9 films but here in this thrilling suspense film is definitely one of Belushi's best characters & performances.
I discovered this gem in a really cool video shop called Enterprise Video. There they had sections for actors & i found a Robert Patrick section (Another fave actor of mine) & James Belushi & i discovered some Belushi gens such as Separate Lives, Traces of Red, Royce, Retroactive & Mr. Destiny. Belushi was always great at playing Cops & especially during the 90's & here he puts in an excellent performance as Tom Beckwith, an ex-Cop & a psychology student who is asked by his teacher, Professor Lauren Porter (an excellent Linda Hamilton) spy on her as she suffers from a split personality. Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2, Dante's Peak, Shadow Conspiracy) is excellent, she has a very challenging part to play as she has to play two completely different characters in the same body. Hamilton plays the prim 'n' proper Lauren & the wickedly seductive & dangerous Lena. Hamilton nails the roles. Belushi is excellent as Tom, a good man & loving father (some lovely & funny scenes with his little daughter who is hilarious) but he has suffered tragedy after his wife committed suicide a few years earlier. Belushi mostly plays it serious with just a few hints of comedy but really Belushi plays it as it is, a serious & thrilling suspenseful psychological flick with a twist of Noir style. For a low-budget Direct-to-video "Typical cheap B-movie" Separate Lives is pretty excellent. Really well directed by David Madden, a guy who only directed two films ever. The look/cinematography is lovely in all it's cosy 90's style. I loved the music score throughout that went from cheesy Erotic Thriller score to exciting Cop Thriller score & all 90's as it's a product of it's time. Yes there is that Typical 90's Erotic thriller stuff in here as expected for a direct-to-video thriller made in 1995. There's murder, suspense & mystery & what else could you want from a B-movie Thriller.
Separate Lives is very interesting with it's themes of mental health (which is a huge issue now 2022) & the film is kept exciting with Tom's investigating & tracking of Lena. The film is just damn good & so well made with two Knock-out performances as Belushi & Hamilton put in some of their best work into making this thriller really work. Truly one of Belushi's best performances.
A superb 90's mystery thriller with a top performance from the brilliant Jim Belushi.
I grew up watching & loving Belushi in Red Heat & K-9 both 80's Cop Classic's & during late 90's & early 2000's i discovered lots of Belushi gems. Yes they were direct-to-video B-movies but Belushi was always great in anything. I remember absolutely loving the direct-to-video sequel K-911 (1999) & watched it countless times. Jim Belushi was always excellent at playing Cops (good or bad) & he's just a damn enjoyable screen presence in any movie. Jim Belushi is hilarious, silly, goofy, sarcastic & alot of fun but he can equally be a dramatic dark force (Retroactive, Gang Related, One Way Out) when needed, he's a damn good actor.
Anyway yes I'm a Jim Belushi fan & have been since the 90's. My favourite Belushi character will always be Mike Dooley from the K-9 films but here in this thrilling suspense film is definitely one of Belushi's best characters & performances.
I discovered this gem in a really cool video shop called Enterprise Video. There they had sections for actors & i found a Robert Patrick section (Another fave actor of mine) & James Belushi & i discovered some Belushi gens such as Separate Lives, Traces of Red, Royce, Retroactive & Mr. Destiny. Belushi was always great at playing Cops & especially during the 90's & here he puts in an excellent performance as Tom Beckwith, an ex-Cop & a psychology student who is asked by his teacher, Professor Lauren Porter (an excellent Linda Hamilton) spy on her as she suffers from a split personality. Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2, Dante's Peak, Shadow Conspiracy) is excellent, she has a very challenging part to play as she has to play two completely different characters in the same body. Hamilton plays the prim 'n' proper Lauren & the wickedly seductive & dangerous Lena. Hamilton nails the roles. Belushi is excellent as Tom, a good man & loving father (some lovely & funny scenes with his little daughter who is hilarious) but he has suffered tragedy after his wife committed suicide a few years earlier. Belushi mostly plays it serious with just a few hints of comedy but really Belushi plays it as it is, a serious & thrilling suspenseful psychological flick with a twist of Noir style. For a low-budget Direct-to-video "Typical cheap B-movie" Separate Lives is pretty excellent. Really well directed by David Madden, a guy who only directed two films ever. The look/cinematography is lovely in all it's cosy 90's style. I loved the music score throughout that went from cheesy Erotic Thriller score to exciting Cop Thriller score & all 90's as it's a product of it's time. Yes there is that Typical 90's Erotic thriller stuff in here as expected for a direct-to-video thriller made in 1995. There's murder, suspense & mystery & what else could you want from a B-movie Thriller.
Separate Lives is very interesting with it's themes of mental health (which is a huge issue now 2022) & the film is kept exciting with Tom's investigating & tracking of Lena. The film is just damn good & so well made with two Knock-out performances as Belushi & Hamilton put in some of their best work into making this thriller really work. Truly one of Belushi's best performances.
A superb 90's mystery thriller with a top performance from the brilliant Jim Belushi.
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- Mar 11, 2022
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- Gross US & Canada
- $961,147
- Gross worldwide
- $961,147
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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