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After Dark, My SweetAfter Dark, My Sweet (1990) is the film version of the 1955 Jim Thompson novel of the same name. This neo-noir was directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, The Corruptor). Plot: Ex-boxer Kevin "Kid" Collins (Jason Patric) is a drifter and and and escapee from a mental hospital. He meets Fay Anderson, a widow (Rachel Ward), who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle Bud (Bruce Dern) talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom money, and the ex-fighter must make decisions about his loyalties and what is right. Roger Ebert in his Great films review of the movie: After Dark, My Sweet is the movie that eluded audiences; it grossed less than $3 million, has been almost forgotten, and remains one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern films noir. It captures above all the lonely, exhausted lives of its characters.
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