Pretty Good

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

From the beginning of the movie, you think the leading characters are dummies. It is obvious that something wrong with the tennant. Let's pass it, when you're watching the scene that when the police officer comes for the first time; it is impossible for him to say that lines in real life! The tennant has no right to change the locks. Also, if there is no lease, how can he be "legally tennant"? That question follows you through the whole movie, and it ruins the movie.

This is a rather entertaining and suspenseful thriller starring Matthew Modine and Melanie Griffith as Drake Goodman and Patty Palmer - a couple who buys their dream house in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood. To help pay their mortgage, they've rented their two downstairs apartments out, including one to the mysterious Carter Hayes (Michael Keaton). Soon, he makes the couples' lives a living nightmare.There's plenty of thrills in the movie that will keep you at the edge-of-your-seat. The misfortune being thrown at Drake and Patty makes you feel bad for them - so much issues to endure. Michael Keaton plays a very sly villain with no redeeming values - just one mean guy bent on causing misery in other's lives. Modine portrayed his character as vulnerable but too foul-mouthed at times, and Griffith sounds too sweet at times, but is the most courageous one in the movie, I think.The movie could have used more tenant-causing-landlord-incidents, but overall, an entertaining thriller. It let's people take extra precautions on who they rent out to.Grade B

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own. Michael Keaton stars as a psycho well this must be great right? And honestly it is for the most part and although they could have done a way better casting Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine made a pretty good job also the theme song of the film was pretty creepy alongside the performance of Keaton. Unfortunately the films has problems mostly the ending was kinda disappointing and why go after of someone when he has simply moved on? for what? to expand the plot? I understand what they were going for but i'm sure they could do a much better job right? In the end this is a must see for people who loved Keaton's Batman or just him as an actor 8/10.

It's very unusual for a conflict between a house-owning couple and a strange tenant to provide the plot for a psychological thriller but in "Pacific Heights", that's exactly what happens. This set-up is initially intriguing but soon takes on a darker complexion as it gradually becomes apparent just how sinister and dangerous the newest occupant of the house really is. The tension then builds steadily as the conflict becomes increasingly intense and the stakes get higher.Drake Goodman (Matthew Modine) and his girlfriend Patty Palmer (Melanie Griffith) are an ambitious middle-class couple who decide to buy a Victorian house in the Pacific Heights neighbourhood of San Francisco. They both know that the property is really beyond their means, but after massaging some of the figures on their mortgage application, they soon become the proud owners of the impressive house which also needs some renovation work which they decide to undertake themselves. The financial commitment they've taken on is only sustainable if they let the two downstairs apartments and so arranging for this to be done becomes a priority.A very pleasant Japanese couple soon move into one of the apartments and among the applicants for the second one is a well-dressed, smooth-talking, charmer called Carter Hayes (Michael Keaton). Drake is so impressed by Hayes (who carries a large amount of cash with him and drives a Porsche) that he doesn't insist on him completing a credit application. Hayes promises that he'll pay six months rent in advance and that he'll arrange for this to be done by wire transfer. Before any money is actually paid, Hayes moves into the apartment and after a great deal of stalling, refuses to pay any rent.Things get progressively worse when Hayes moves a friend in and starts hammering and drilling loudly at all times of the day and night. The couple get anxious about what's being done inside the apartment and the Japanese couple move out because the disturbance they suffer through the nights is intolerable, as is the plague of cockroaches which suddenly infests their apartment. Drake stops Hayes' drilling by cutting off the electricity but this action gets him into trouble with the police and later, his efforts to get Hayes evicted also fail because the law always seems to be on the tenant's side.A series of further provocations continue to pile pressure on the couple whose relationship suffers as Drake starts to drink too much and Patty suffers a miscarriage. They feel totally powerless until some action that Patty takes gives her an opportunity to get rid of Hayes but what happens later isn't necessarily what she would've hoped for or expected.Michael Keaton is a tremendous villain and utterly convincing as the psychopathic scam artist who's an expert at acquiring properties by unorthodox means and at very favourable prices. Melanie Griffith also does really well as Patty who is far more rational and intelligent than her partner and who also provides some of the most enjoyable moments of the movie when she decides to turn the tables on Hayes. Matthew Modine also gives an energetic performance as the hot-headed, impulsive and not-very-bright Drake whose actions regularly do more harm than good."Pacific Heights" is entertaining, less predictable than many thrillers and definitely not "run of the mill". It's these qualities together with the performances of Keaton and Griffith that ultimately make this such an enjoyable movie to watch.