The great legendary ROBERT FORSTER is the reason i searched for his film & he didn't disappoint.
The late great Robert Forster truly gives a blistering performance, next best performance after Jackie Brown!!! Forster is full of fire on screen as he's hilarious with dialogue thats littered with gems, "This is some Weird Shi# Kid" & makes for one of the best movie cops of the B-movie erotic thriller genre. Honestly Forster is such a joy on screen that i couldn't wait to watch the movie again. Also the music score is beautifully steamy erotic 80's.
Been a huge fan of Forster since his outstanding performance in Tarantino's MASTERPIECE JACKIE BROWN (1997), thank you Tarantino for introducing me to the brilliance of Robert Forster.
Here Forster plays a rogue cop named Dan, a gruff guy that plays by his own rules & Forster plays him perfectly. Every word that comes out of Forster's mouth is cinematic gold. Forster has given many excellent performances such as in Jackie Brown & Vigilante & Alligator & definitely right here in THE BANKER.
Dan (Forster) is an L. A cop on the trail of a sadistic serial killer that hunts prostitutes with a crossbow & he has Los Angeles in a grip of fear. This killer is a rich banker that has money & power & uses that to entice his victims & then the hunt begins. The movie is filmed so well & looks great, the full budget was used to perfection.
Dan's ex-wife is a journalist named Sharon & is played by an excellent Shanna Reed who starts getting calls from the killer & that makes her famous & a target. Sharon is an excellent character as she's not afraid to say who she thinks even if it can put her in danger & Shanna Reed really gives her role meaningful depth, she's not a typical damsel in distress & she speaks from her heart as seen in the great gem of a scene where she's supposed to do her little "fluff piece" of a report live on the news just after the previous news caster has just described how a woman has been brutally murdered & Sharon gets really upset & angry & says basically that the murdered woman deserves more than a few seconds before moving onto something ridiculous. I've always thought that news people should speak out on their platform & get angered because the stuff they report is horrendous. Shanna Reed really delivered a great performance & worked so well with Robert Forster.
Also in the cast the legendary RICHARD ROWNDTREE (Shaft, Maniac Cop, Party Line) who is perfectly cast as the stressed police Captain, he plays a hard-ass cop Captain to perfection & did so in many other films such as Maniac Cop & Party Line, for an example. The cast is strong, even the killer is played by The Monster Squads Dracula.
The film looks good for a low-budget B-movie & has that nice old school Erotic-Thriller feel to it, you know some sleaze & slaughter like hundreds of DTV Thriller's of the past video store days. The Banker is a reminder of how fun & thrilling films were back in the glory days of video & makes me miss those times even more. The kills are done fine & aren't extremely bloody or violent but done effectively like a cop thriller.
The look of the film is great fun & the music is so old school cool. Robert Forster is the selling point here & he's so great on screen.
All in all, The Banker is a very good old fashioned video store thriller with a top notch performance by the great Robert Forster (R. I. P)
The late great Robert Forster truly gives a blistering performance, next best performance after Jackie Brown!!! Forster is full of fire on screen as he's hilarious with dialogue thats littered with gems, "This is some Weird Shi# Kid" & makes for one of the best movie cops of the B-movie erotic thriller genre. Honestly Forster is such a joy on screen that i couldn't wait to watch the movie again. Also the music score is beautifully steamy erotic 80's.
Been a huge fan of Forster since his outstanding performance in Tarantino's MASTERPIECE JACKIE BROWN (1997), thank you Tarantino for introducing me to the brilliance of Robert Forster.
Here Forster plays a rogue cop named Dan, a gruff guy that plays by his own rules & Forster plays him perfectly. Every word that comes out of Forster's mouth is cinematic gold. Forster has given many excellent performances such as in Jackie Brown & Vigilante & Alligator & definitely right here in THE BANKER.
Dan (Forster) is an L. A cop on the trail of a sadistic serial killer that hunts prostitutes with a crossbow & he has Los Angeles in a grip of fear. This killer is a rich banker that has money & power & uses that to entice his victims & then the hunt begins. The movie is filmed so well & looks great, the full budget was used to perfection.
Dan's ex-wife is a journalist named Sharon & is played by an excellent Shanna Reed who starts getting calls from the killer & that makes her famous & a target. Sharon is an excellent character as she's not afraid to say who she thinks even if it can put her in danger & Shanna Reed really gives her role meaningful depth, she's not a typical damsel in distress & she speaks from her heart as seen in the great gem of a scene where she's supposed to do her little "fluff piece" of a report live on the news just after the previous news caster has just described how a woman has been brutally murdered & Sharon gets really upset & angry & says basically that the murdered woman deserves more than a few seconds before moving onto something ridiculous. I've always thought that news people should speak out on their platform & get angered because the stuff they report is horrendous. Shanna Reed really delivered a great performance & worked so well with Robert Forster.
Also in the cast the legendary RICHARD ROWNDTREE (Shaft, Maniac Cop, Party Line) who is perfectly cast as the stressed police Captain, he plays a hard-ass cop Captain to perfection & did so in many other films such as Maniac Cop & Party Line, for an example. The cast is strong, even the killer is played by The Monster Squads Dracula.
The film looks good for a low-budget B-movie & has that nice old school Erotic-Thriller feel to it, you know some sleaze & slaughter like hundreds of DTV Thriller's of the past video store days. The Banker is a reminder of how fun & thrilling films were back in the glory days of video & makes me miss those times even more. The kills are done fine & aren't extremely bloody or violent but done effectively like a cop thriller.
The look of the film is great fun & the music is so old school cool. Robert Forster is the selling point here & he's so great on screen.
All in all, The Banker is a very good old fashioned video store thriller with a top notch performance by the great Robert Forster (R. I. P)