Impulse (1984)
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20% of critics liked it
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27% of users liked it
(893 ratings)
Bad behavior turns deadly in this science-fiction drama. Jennifer (Meg Tilly) is a woman who grew up in the small town of Sutcliffe, which much of her family still calls home. One day, Sutcliffe is hit with a minor earthquake, which doesn't appear to do much damage, but a strange and disquieting… More Bad behavior turns deadly in this science-fiction drama. Jennifer (Meg Tilly) is a woman who grew up in the small town of Sutcliffe, which much of her family still calls home. One day, Sutcliffe is hit with a minor earthquake, which doesn't appear to do much damage, but a strange and disquieting turn in the city's collective behavior soon becomes apparent. Jennifer receives a phone call from her mother (Lorinne Vozoff), but while they've always had a cordial relationship, her mother loudly and hysterically berates her, and the call comes to a disturbing conclusion when her mother shoots herself. Jennifer and her husband Stuart (Tim Matheson) rush to Sutcliffe to discover that her mother is seriously injured by still alive. However, it seems as if all boundaries of civility and etiquette have broken down, as violence, crime, and rabid anger rule the usually quiet streets of Sutcliffe. It seems that the earthquake caused the town's milk supply to be contaminated by toxic waste which has an unusual psychoactive effect -- it makes it impossible for people to resist the common anti-social impulses that all people have, but most keep closely in check. Hume Cronyn plays the town's doctor; Bill Paxton, Claude Earl Jones, and Amy Stryker also appear. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Graham Baker
- Written By
- Bart Davis, Don Carlos Dunaway
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Sep 28, 1984 Wide
- Studio
- Vestron Video
Critic Reviews
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
Asking the viewer to believe more than the normal share of impossible things for a single day
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Forgettable (and seemingly forgotten) thriller about the dangers of tainted milk. Matheson and Tilly deliver fine work in a fairly lost cause.
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Um produto típico dos anos 80, desperdiça uma boa idéia em um péssimo roteiro que também sofre com a presença de uma das piores atrizes que Hollywood já gerou: Meg Tilly.
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Cast
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Tim Matheson
as Stuart
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Meg Tilly
as Jennifer
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Hume Cronyn
as Dr. Carr
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John Karlen
as Bob Russell
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Bill Paxton
as Eddie
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Amy Stryker
as Margo
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Claude Earl Jones
as Sheriff
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Abigail Booraem
as Mrs. Ashley
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Mary Celio
as Mary Woodson
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Christian Crane
as Shawn
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Charles Dorsett
as Reverend
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Chris Giannini
as Jimmy
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Anne Haney
as Mrs. Piersall
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Peter Jason
as Man in Truck
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Bernie Kuby
as Mr. Bidemeyer
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Hugo L. Stanger
as Old Geraer
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Sheri Stoner
as Young Girl
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Lorinne Vozoff
as Mrs. Russell
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Jack T. Collis
as Mr. Anson
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Robert Wightman
as Howard
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Gary Kirk
as Plant Manager
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Allan Graf
as Deputy
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Holgie Forrester
as Teller
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Thomas J. Sauber
as Band Leader
