Sliver

Sliver

IMDB describes 1993’s Sliver as a drama thriller ─ and that’s exactly the way it starts. Check it out.

I used a still shot of a semi-nude Sharon Stone to let you know that she was the star. Then the movie gets off to a great start. We have closed circuit TVs doing some spying ─ and this was decades before people started inviting spying devices like Alexa into their homes willingly.

Then we have a gloved hand unlocking a door to create suspense. But, wait, everything’s cool. The blonde knows the guy and she bears enough of a resemblance to Sharon Stone to establish some foreshadowing. But, sonavabitch, the gloved hands push the Sharon Stone clone over the balcony.

Hate to say it, but I almost stopped watching at this point. The CGI was terrible. The building was an UN-reasonable facsimile and the falling body was laughable. But I saw the movie a couple times way back when and thought it was good. So I decided to stick with it.

Now, I let the credits run on purpose.

This is the first time I ever mentioned a casting director. And in this case I’m mentioning the picture’s two casting directors, Amanda Mackey C.S.A. and Cathy Sandrich C.S.A. They should’ve had their credentials revoked.

Why?

How can you cast that pencil-necked, ferret-faced geek Billy Baldwin as the romantic lead who’s going to be nailing Sharon Stone over and over again?

Sorry, but when I saw that, I could no longer suspend reality to continue watching. No amount of money changing hands could make Sharon Stone give it up to that dweeb.

So I stopped watching the movie at that point. But I must mention two more credits, Ira Levin and Joe Eszterhas.

Ira Levin wrote the novel that the movie was based on. In case you’ve forgotten, Ira Levin wrote Rosemary’s Baby.

Joe Eszterhas wrote the screenplay. For about ten years back then Joe Eszterhas was the hottest screenwriter in Hollywood. I was just getting started as a writer so he was one of my idols. Yet I’d forgotten all about him until I started watching Sliver last night.

So that’s it for now. If you want to watch Sliver, go ahead but watch it at your own risk. I warned you.

I’m America’s Best Crime Writer – Barry Bowe – & I approve this message.

My first book – Born to Be Wild – was publi in 1992 and is still selling on Amazon & Kindle. it’s a true story about certain members of the Warlocks motorcycle gang.

The story took 21 years to play out with many twists & turns. It’s an amalgam of Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad – but these outlaw bikers make the Sons look like Cub Scouts.