Sunset Grill: Scorpion Spring Eye of the Storm (WSE)

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{#Sunset Grill} directed by {$Kevin Connor} is a suspenseful, well-written and acted contemporary film noir with an idiosyncratic look at life on the wild side. Ryder Hart ({$Peter Weller}) is a burnt-out former L.A. private detective who hears about the murder of a trafficker in illegal aliens, but who does not get involved until his wife is murdered. Investigating the murder, Ryder meets tycoon Shelgrave ({$Stacy Keach}), who collects Mayan art, and his seductive assistant Loren ({$Lori Singer}). The rather complicated plot includes double-crosses, possible murders of illegal aliens to sell their organs, and it culminates in a bloody shootout. Director Conner deftly ties up all the loose ends of the plot and gives them an internal consistency, as one incident leads to and explains another, creating a portrait of a complex, anti-hero, whose pain is explained but not sentimentalized. The plot is over-complicated, and the supporting cast contains more lunatics than most asylums, however {#Sunset Grill} delivers what it promises: complex, contemporary mystery at its very best. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide.