Johnny Handsome (1989)
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62% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
44% of users liked it
(3,558 ratings)
Small-time crook Mickey Rourke is mockingly named Johnny Handsome because of his grotesquely deformed face. While in stir on a robbery rap, Rourke is knifed by convicts in the employ of his former partner--and now bitter enemy--Lance Henriksen. While in the prison hospital, Rourke is cared for by a… More Small-time crook Mickey Rourke is mockingly named Johnny Handsome because of his grotesquely deformed face. While in stir on a robbery rap, Rourke is knifed by convicts in the employ of his former partner--and now bitter enemy--Lance Henriksen. While in the prison hospital, Rourke is cared for by a kindly doctor (Forrest Whitaker), who believes that the key to Rourke's rehabilitation might be a literal change of face. Undergoing plastic surgery, Rourke emerges as virtually unrecognizable to everyone but the audience. Paroled, Rourke seems to be willing to follow a straight and narrow path. Seems to be. Only Morgan Freeman, playing a hard-bitten law officer, sees through Rourke's "new leaf." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Hill
- Written By
- Ken Friedman
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 29, 1989 Wide
- Studio
- Live Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The underrated, old-fashioned B-movie director Walter Hill (The Warriors) made this excellent action drama with an amazing cast.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The more ridiculous it becomes, the better looking it gets.
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
A stylish and tough crime-thriller with that underlying mournfulness which characterizes Hill's best work.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Not one of Hill's better efforts.
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Cast
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Mickey Rourke
as John Sedley
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Ellen Barkin
as Sunny Boyd
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Elizabeth McGovern
as Donna McCarty
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Morgan Freeman
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
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Forest Whitaker
as Dr. Steven Fisher
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Lance Henriksen
as Rafe Garrett
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Scott Wilson
as Mikey Chaimette
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Yvonne Bryceland
as Sister Luke
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Jim Burk
as Prison Guard
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Blake Clark
as Sheriff
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John P. Fertitta
as Prestige Salesman
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Peter Jason
as Mr. Bonet
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Ken Medlock
as Shipyard Accountant
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Jeffrey Meek
as Earl
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Raynor Scheine
as Gun Dealer
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David Schramm
as Vic Dumask
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J.W. Smith
as Larry
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Ed Walsh
as Judge
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Ed Zang
as Prestige Manager
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Dick Butler
as Shipyard Security Guard
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Gie-G Duncombe
as Accounting Secretary
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Eugenia Ives
as Nurse
- Bonnie Timmermann
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Allan Graf
as Bob Lemoyne
