Ms. 45 (1981) - Mikey B

Created on July 20th, 2008 by Mikey B

What would happen if you were pushed to the point of snapping, and you couldn’t tell anyone? What would you do? Who would you hurt? How far would you go to make everything all right? Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 poses these questions, and more, as it follows the plight of a mute seamstress, Thana (played by the late Zoë Lund) as she just tries to get through her days. The problem is, she’s been raped, twice in one day (heck, both happen within the first ten minutes of the film), and she’s not ready to let anyone walk all over her…ever again.

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‘Bad Lieutenant’ remake a bad idea.

Created on July 02nd, 2008 by Mikey B

Now, Don’t get me wrong, Abel Ferrara is no king of directing, he’s not even a second tier director. But, he does manage to get some solid, powerful performances from his cast; whether it’s Zoë Lund as the victim-turned-murderer in Ms. 45 (a guilty pleasure of mine) or a menacing cop played by Harvey Keitel in 1992’s Bad Lieutenant. That said, of course this film couldn’t be left alone and we’re going to see a remake…soon.

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