Tunnel Vision (1995)

Wonderful character development!

One of the best films i have seen

Absolutely the worst movie.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

TUNNEL VISION is a dullish Australian thriller featuring Patsy Kensit as the miscast lead. She's out of her depth here, really struggling with the accent and failing to convince most of the time too. I saw this described as a giallo but it's more like a psycho-thriller of the kind that were doing the rounds in the early 1990s. Kensit is a cop on the trail of a killer, but the pacing is slow and not much happens from beginning to end. Former Hammer horror star Shane Briant (FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL) appears playing an older cop but has very little to work with, and the mystery ends up being resolved in the most boring and predictable way imaginable.

"Tunnel Vision" starts out as a serial killer thriller with S&M references, but soon bogs down into too much family drama; the police investigation takes second chair to the male detective's marital troubles! So basically we have two parallel story lines running at once, and although the film does manage to tie them up with a decent final twist, it progresses SO slowly that for many viewers it may not be worth the wait. Patsy Kensit is sexy (she has the face of a supermodel and I love her accent) and convincing as a cop, but for someone who receives first billing, she doesn't really get to do all THAT much. The rest of the cast is functional and nothing more. (**)

I'm a fan of Patsy Kensit, so I watched this Aussie import. I was disappointed. Just couldn't believe any of the characters, any of the "suspense" or any of the plot. To its credit, though, I did not see the major plot turn at the end coming. But that's not enough. Compliments on the beauty of Rebecca Rigg. But overall, this film isn't worth seeing. Grade: F

This little flick didn't receive much in the way of a critical boost on its release. I saw it at a private screening and walked away thinking, "Yeah, well I sure seen worse in my time at a theater!" Mrs "Oasis", Patsy Kensit, plays Detective Kelly Wheatstone. There she is, sitting at her desk replaying a tape on her cassette - the only clue she has to a bizarre series of rapes and murders and abstractedly she glances across at her partner Frank Hampton...lights are on but no-one's home! Frank you see has other problems...big time! He figures his wife is having an affair with her boss David de Salvo, which is occupying rather more of his mind than either the cassette on Kelly's desk or the serial rapist! Well you just know that de Salvo is going to wind up very dead don't you? and WHO do you think is implicated but poor old Frank. A warrant is issued for her partner's arrest but Kelly ain't no detective for nothing. Just because every available clue points to his guilt she sticks to her gut feeling. Its going to be a long night for her! OK Movie.