MIKE'S MURDER no stars

The vacuous lives of some of the vacuous inhabitants of Los Angeles. James Bridges film "Mike's Murder" was supposedly based on a real case but it's so poorly executed it's difficult to care about Mike, his murder or anyone else involved. Debra Winger was the name used to sell the film but it didn't work and the film flopped. Mike was the talentless young actor Mark Keyloun who shortly afterwards gave up acting; it's just a pity he didn't think about doing it sooner.

After peaking with "The China Syndrome", Bridges' career never really took off either. He only made two more films after this and was dead from cancer within ten years. You get the impression he thought he was making something akin to a European art-movie, (he originally wanted to do the film in reverse), That may or may not have made it more interesting but I doubt it; I think this one is beyond redemption.