Movies

November, 1989

There's nary a dull moment in Johnny Handsome (Columbia), with Mickey Rourke once again showing the slow burn and sizzle that originally cinched his claim to stardom. Adapted from a novel by John Godey, director Walter Hill's dark revenge drama is a film noir full of gleaming evil. Rourke starts out as a hideously malformed criminal whose life is changed by plastic surgery, a lot like Joan Crawford in her 1941 star vehicle A Woman's Face. Mickey, however, winds up having more in common with Jame...