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Traces of Red
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In
the ‘90s, Jim Belushi fast became – alongside Linda Blair, Michael Moriarty and
Sybil Danning – one of the icons of B movies released straight to video.
Traces of Red is a mystery thriller
set amidst the high life and casually sexy atmosphere of
Palm Beach, with Belushi as a ranting,
mystified cop on the track of a killer who leaves lipstick traces.
A
blonde Lorraine Bracco is hard to take as a swaggering bimbo fatale, but the
general atmosphere of sexual transgression is fairly intoxicating.
But
beware the voice-over narration which – as in an increasing number of
contemporary films – seems to have been added in post-production to clarify
plot moves that were perfectly clear to begin with.
©
Adrian Martin June 1993
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