Siskel & Ebert: Color of Night

Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert really hate the action-filled trash known as "Color of Night"
Not to be confused with the Paul Newman's "the Color of Money"
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[@SuperRod88]

"The violence, the violence...you see a guy with a knife...I mean, It's so unpleasant!" Classic Gene!

[@babymammoth34]

Yeah, he frequent got hilarious with discussing heavy violence, hahaha

[@sha11235]

I loved that too.

[@kdohertygizbur]

@Bob Jones that's the key word , gratuitous...he loved Henry , Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Last House on the Left, 1973 ..but yes, violence for the sake of violence does not make sense and it's just like Human Centipede

[@80sDude990]

It could have been hilarious to see Gene Siskel when he was saying about the knife, when the masked murderer made a fist and the blade was ludicrously attached to the knuckles, meaning punching and stabbing all at the same time when Scott Bakula was bumped off.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

LOL did Gene really say that Willis' junk NOT being in the film is a reason to not see the movie? Hahaha

[@sha11235]

It probably isn't anything important anyway. Never is.

[@reneedennis2011]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Chillguy99]

I finally saw this movie for the first time (the Director's Cut). It was completely bonkers and I agree with them that those scenes with the red Firebird made no sense at all but I must admit I was thoroughly entertained. I loved Jane March's performance and she is gorgeous in some surprisingly steamy scenes. There was also more of Willis then I was expecting to see (plenty of material in those scenes for the gentlemen and the ladies). I always enjoy who-done-it mystery films and this film took that classic formula and cranked up the insanity as far as possible. It is a bit of a mess but overall it is a daring, crazy thriller that I would certainly recommend.

[@stanswitek]

Bruno had more chemistry with Scott Bakula than he did with Jane March!

[@kevint1719]

Come on, this is one of the greatest guilty pleasures ever made. I will grant you, they saw the chopped up theatrical version but the director's cut is great.

[@MrDeliriaframe]

Why do people always insist I feel guilty for liking these guys? I always laugh my ass off. Also, people who say "Who are S&E to tell me what is good?" are hypocrites as they fully expect others to think their personal favorites are godsends. And if you don't agree, you get insulted or even threatened.

[@tianapitesr8553]

+MrDeliriaframe everyone had something to say about the pool scenes numerous laughter

[@sha11235]

Ignore them. Siskel and Ebert were great at what they did and nobody today can top them.

[@DJRitty]

There's the movies that are GOOD and the movies YOU LIKE, the ones that entertain you. Even bad movies can be entertaining lol People can't separate the two. My favorite SW movie is ROTJ - but is it THE BEST? Hell's no...teddy bear army ruins it (that's why I cut them out) lol There's a funny moment in It's Always Sunny... Where Dennis talks about critics that's SPOT ON. LOL

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Ikr. God forbid someone has a different opinion. I think the movie is entertaining trash and nothing more. Some people need to get over themselves.

[@80sDude990]

“Or the killer might be Rose, a strange young woman played by Jane Mah-rch, who sort of stumbles into Willis’s life and supplies the film’s unsexy love scenes”. It’s really funny how Gene emphasises Jane’s last name, March.

[@pakkmann]

what a great review. super enjoyable when they both slam a movie

[@reneedennis2011]

I agree!

[@dnasty312]

A gloriously bad guilty pleasure

[@sonnyblack0870]

dnasty312 For sure. It’s one of those movies that you know is bad but you can’t help but like it.

[@jimjones4838]

yes! so bad its good !!

[@RobRobertTheMovieGuy]

i liked jane march in her birthday suit.

[@michaelbull4344]

Homegirl was bucket naked!!!! Lol

[@AlligatorArms]

Ebert: …and the chase scene! What about that red car that chases everyone around… Siskel: Boring. Ebert: …and there’s no way the driver could know he was down below… Might be the funniest review they’ve ever done. I love how both of them just constantly can’t even conclude their original thought before jumping onto something else they hated about this movie.

[@80sDude990]

Roger says to Gene about the car chase, “What about that red car that chases him around? “Boring”, deadpans Gene. I just watched this scene. Although I wouldn’t say it’s boring, car chases are usually in films that are, say, action thrillers, which Color of Night is not. So the chase is laughably out of place, even more so for being badly shot 🤣. When Bruce Willis later parks his car, the driver of the red car expertly (!) times the car to fall on Willis from the top of the parking garage, even though. he. cannot. see. over. the. edge. why didn’t it just explode on impact, when it landed on the two parked cars, just to give more of an out of place feel in an erotic thriller? I also just watched this scene.

[@williamhowe1]

For a time I thought this was the worst movie I've ever seen, now after watching more shitty movies it doesn't crack my top 10 anymore.

[@satch234]

@2:55 "Slouch" haha one of the few times an annotation really made me laugh.

[@pernelldh]

Lesley Ann Warren’s performance sure was a far cry from her earlier roles in The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), years prior to this film.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

I think there's a more explicit Director's Cut, which one critic said was better than the studio cut...

[@reneedennis2011]

Cinematic Excrement. I just watched his review.

[@citygirl5705]

I don't understand their problem with this film. I really liked it.

[@80sDude990]

Gosh Siskel & Ebert really tore into Color of Night. They really had it in for this film.

[@williamhowe1]

Compared to how they treated North this is mercy.

[@80sDude990]

@@williamhowe1 I’m really keen to watch North, as I’ve not done so yet, but it’s not on Netflix and it can’t be bought from KZbin. Not available on DVD either. That bad? I would say it has to seen to be believed. Not to mention Elijah Wood as the titular boy, who divorces his parents and one of the people he meets; Bruce Willis dressed up as a pink bunny rabbit. I believe he even chomps on a carrot.

[@williamhowe1]

@@80sDude990 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXKkdnmIi7aIZ5Y

[@80sDude990]

@@williamhowe1 thanks I’ll give it a try sometime.

[@farneyblakeley]

Jane March also had a great sex scene in a film set in China I think, can't remember name they used to show it on showtime a lot. she was quite young

[@sha11235]

The Lover.

[@reneedennis2011]

I remember that movie.

[@user-kh3uc3hm7n]

❤This movie

[@takemyshoesoff3350]

Love this movie! I never knew who the killer was!

[@brucewallace1600]

You weren't paying attention then

[@takemyshoesoff3350]

@@brucewallace1600 At the end I knew!

[@brucewallace1600]

@@takemyshoesoff3350 yeah at the end of the movie. Not on the middle but the end

[@takemyshoesoff3350]

@@brucewallace1600 Right

[@brucewallace1600]

@@takemyshoesoff3350 endings always are a give away

[@dgemini2]

Seeing Bruce's goods in the "unrated" version is the only reason to watch this film. Lol

[@cameronrashaudunlimited]

I still trying to figure out why Bruce Willis starred in this?

[@reneedennis2011]

I actually went to see this movie. It's silly as heck!

[@DJRitty]

This movie IS a mess but I LOVE IT lol I tend to like movies where everyone is a name...which leads me to dump on Siskle AGAIN lol... Never HEARD of these people? Brad Dourif, Ruben Blades, Lesley Anne Warren, Lance Henirksen, Kevin J O'Connor, Eriq Lasalle and Scott Bakula... NEVER HEARD OF GENE!? LMAO

[@sha11235]

Eriq wasn't as known yet. ER didn't premiere until that fall. As for some of the others, maybe he wasn't familiar with them.

[@leigy100]

@@sha11235 believe it or not, but Scott Bakula, Kevin J O Connor, and Eric LaSalle were not movie stars. Bakula was the ‘guy from Quantum Leap’, Dourif and Warren were Oscar nominees but they were never Marquee names.

[@ReverendBenzo]

I agree with Siskel at 1:40. It was laughably obvious who done it.

[@brucewallace1600]

I know right. The teeth gave it away

[@paulamiles9559]

One thing in this movie is realistic. There's always one mean a-hole in every group- they are not there to work and they just cause distraction. If you call them on it, they go off like dynamite. Kevin J OConner played that guy

[@alexalex13131]

Most people in therapy are sensitive and decent. This film showed them as the opposite. I can turn my brain off on a lot, but not that. Gene was correct about that in his opening remarks.

[@sonnyblack0870]

It’s a bad movie but man is it fun. Guilty pleasure for sure.

[@KaristaSwiss]

aww I liked it and whimper :(

[@jasm0ahn547]

Loved this movie... I watched this making out with my high school GF. Yea... it's garbage.. but it's Bruce Willis and such a strong power ballad!! Listen to Brian McKnights instrumental on the OST.. Yea the movie is crappy... but I loved the experience at the time...I still find it enteraining and bought the BluRay

[@refinedsugar]

They're absolutely right. The movie is bad. Full of cliches, predictable / implausible -- but man it's some trashy fun if you're in the right mood for it!

[@sonnyblack0870]

refinedsugar No doubt. Definite guilty pleasure.

[@jimjones4838]

so bad its good !!

[@jeffhudick2385]

Agreed. So bad, it’s good!

[@Derby14]

This one must have been very forgettable...as I don't recall this at all!

[@townsjim]

Then you definitely haven't seen it, it's very memorable simply for how bizarre it is

[@lazynomad42]

You get to see Bruce's Willis

[@cameronrashaudunlimited]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's funny

[@steveconn]

@farneyblakeley the lover.

[@JoaoFerreira93]

the twist is the most predictable i've seen. I took about 15 min to discover who done it lol

[@greg55666]

You know what is clichéd? Reviewers talking about clichés when they don't like the movie, and not noticing them when they do. I guarantee you neither one of them complained about Luke Skywalker dangling in Empire Strikes Back, or Harrison Ford dangling in Blade Runner. And they don't even apparently understand who the villain WAS in the movie. No villain in this movie ever climbed anything.

[@sha11235]

Roger meant Willis, probably. Haven't seen the movie, but I'll bet he meant that.

[@80sDude990]

I agree with this; no villain climbed anything. SPOILER ALERT! Rose’s brother Dale was the villain, when she shot him she climbed the tower, with the intention of jumping off the top. Until Bill heroically saved her.

[@clintonorman2859]

do these guys have any guilty pleasures?

[@williamhowe1]

I used to hate this movie more than any I ever watched....then I saw worse.

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Well if They Hated Color of Night, They would've hated The Princess and The Frog, as it is a mess Recycling Every Disney Movie Cliche, You know the Cliches

[@jimjones4838]

..its so bad its good !! lol

[@josephc28]

This was easily one of Bruce Willis worst movies. Even the lame nudity and sex scenes couldn't save this movie.

[@rymihi7935]

This movie could only have been better had it been made by Verhoeven.

[@bluekatt]

More like DePalma.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

And Verhoeven in his THE FOURTH MAN period, NOT in his BASIC INSTINCT period!

[@Scifimaster92]

You mean that pretentious exploitation hack who slaps phony "morals" onto brainless, tasteless schlock just to avoid coming off as a complete degenerate?

[@Angyali]

a zoo :D

[@sha11235]

Trump's cabinet today.

[@townsjim]

One of the strangest and badly conceived films I've ever seen

[@santos8468]

He's bitching about the violence beeing unpleasant? The day that movie violence becomes pleasant is the day that movies should stop being made.

[@Jerrylang1970]

Violence can be done in movies with taste, which this movie did not!

[@sha11235]

+MrMeathead812 Exactly. You nailed it on the head.

[@babymammoth34]

Or the day that Mormons drink coffee and stick their pious peckers in a knot hole of a white picket fence...

[@80sDude990]

Gene: “The violence, the violence. Where you see a guy with a knife. I mean… it’s… so unpleasant”. Haha brilliant!

[@RC19786]

real trash, not surprised no one liked it

[@sara.cbc92]

She's half Asian.

[@troyperkins8158]

Bullshit, this was a good movie.

[@sha11235]

It's a zoo. Today you could say Trump's administration.