Top cast:Frank Powell,Owen Moore,Violet Mersereau
Director:J. Stuart Blackton
Genre:Family
Region:United Arab Emirates
Year:1999
Storyline:Neo""s plugged-in body, back in Machine City, glowed a golden color as it surged in energy that turned to a bright white light - destructively blasting all the Smiths into nothingness, as Smith complained: "It""s not fair.And believe me, Mrs.Mulwray, whoever set your husband up set me up.LA""s a small town, people talk.I""m just trying to make a living.I don""t want to become a local joke.Mrs.Mulwray: Mr.Gittes.You talked me into it.I""ll drop the lawsuit.Jake: What?Mrs.Mulwray: I said I""ll drop the lawsuit.So let""s just drop the whole thing.Gittes senses something mysterious underlying the quick offer to drop the suit and is interested in delving deeper into the case to uncover the larger plot issue.It was directed and produced by Robert Aldrich (known earlier for the great nihilistic film noirKiss Me Deadly (1955)- a Mickey Spillane classic, andThe Big Knife (1955)), and the screenplay by German scripter Lukas Heller was based on Henry Farrell""s 1960 novelWhat Ever Happened o Baby Jane?It originally received an X-rating in the UK for its controversial subject matter.Although protected by mercenaries, society was overrun by recently-dead zombies or undead "walkers" nicknamed "stenches" who were "practicing to be alive." Jerry""s Montmartre friend describes his mordant character:It""s not a pretty face, I grant you, but underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.