Dead Again

R 6.8
1991 1 hr 47 min Drama , Crime , Mystery

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

  • Cast:
    Kenneth Branagh , Emma Thompson , Derek Jacobi , Andy García , Wayne Knight , Robin Williams , Richard Easton

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Reviews

Hellen
1991/08/23

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Konterr
1991/08/24

Brilliant and touching

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HeadlinesExotic
1991/08/25

Boring

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Freeman
1991/08/26

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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ranthonysteele
1991/08/27

I really wanted to like this film. I don't hate it, but it really isn't that good. It was so forgettable I forgot it and mistakenly rented it a second time thinking I hadn't seen it. Not even Robin Williams (the reason I queued it up a second time) brief appearance is enough to save it from its mediocrity. It delivers what the trailer promises. If you are into these kinds of stories and haven't seen it, you won't be disappointed. Still, it could have been better. Maybe.

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Leofwine_draca
1991/08/28

Branagh's ambitious past-life thriller is very much a product of its time, and seen today it feels rather dated: there are cheesy haircuts and outfits galore. Plus, the viewer never really believes Branagh's American accent, which remains distracting throughout the movie. Yet DEAD AGAIN succeeds where other movies fail: it feels original for the most part, and it possesses enough inventiveness on the part of Branagh the director to make it a fairly engaging viewing experience. The film has many overblown moments where good ol' Ken emulates Hitchcock and the like, especially in the use of some silly slow-motion towards the end. But the black-and-white sequences set during the '40s are pretty good and, although fairly slow-paced, the film manages to retain the interest throughout.The casting is also pretty decent; Branagh and Thompson are here teamed up again, and both of them are required to act in many different styles. Derek Jacobi, another regular, is excellent as the stuttering hypnotist, and God, doesn't he look creepy without the beard? There are other stars too who make an impact, from Robin Williams' foul-mouthed supermarket worker (grimy and paranoid) to Wayne Knight (JURASSIC PARK) as Branagh's buddy. One rather odd thing is the last twenty minutes of the film, which finishes up the mystery and drama side of the story after offering a nice twist, and becomes standard psycho-thriller territory, along the lines of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE and all the others that were popular at the time. The diverse range of elements and the passion put into this movie make it a standalone piece of cinema.

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gavin6942
1991/08/29

An amnesiac (Emma Thompson) and a private eye (Kenneth Branagh) find they might have a past life connection.Somehow this film ended up on my list of horror and thriller films to see. Horror? Not in the slightest. Thriller? Perhaps. Regardless, it does have a bit of the supernatural (past lives) and some great actors involved. Any time Wayne Knight gets to be anyone other than Newman or the villain in "Jurassic Park" is a good thing.Although I would not recommend to this to anyone looking for a thriller, it is a better than average movie that seems to have slipped through the cracks. I certainly never heard of it before and knew nothing about it until I hit play.

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JaQaL
1991/08/30

How this turgid slop can rate above 6 on IMDb is completely beyond me.This movie has an exceptional cast and looks to have an interesting storyline so one should expect to be entertained.The first warning that things have gone awry comes in the opening scene when you discover that Kenneth Branagh, THE Kenneth Branagh of so many magnificent films, is playing a hokey gumshoe detective and has adopted a terrible American accent.The plot turns out to be entirely predictable and the entire cast seem to simply be going through the motions, perhaps knowing that this movie is not going to count among their finer works.Kenneth Branagh is terrible. Derek Jacobi is terrible. Emma Thompson is terrible. Wayne Knight is terrible. Horrible. Hanna Schygulla doesn't make much of an appearance but when she does is terrible. Andy Garcia isn't terrible but he probably realised early on that he couldn't pull it out of the mire.This film is an embarrassment to all concerned.

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