Murphy's Law (1986)

Murphy's Law (1986)
by J. Lee Thompson

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Actor: Carrie Snodgress, Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Richard Romanus, Robert F. Lyons
Director: J. Lee Thompson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Murphy's Law (1986)

Movie Review: Snot licking doggie fart
Summary: 5 Stars

"Murphy's Law" has a special place in my heart because it is the first movie that introduced me to Charles Bronson many, many, many years ago. Charles plays Jack Murphy a burnt out cop who is framed for killing his ex-wife. Jack (Bronson) is arrested for the murder, but vows to find the real killer.

Jack (Bronson) ends up getting hand cuffed to a young girl named Arabella McGee (Kathleen Wilhoite). For the record Arabella has a bit of a potty mouth. As a matter of she calls Jack (Bronson) "snot licking doggie fart". Isn't that awesome? Now it should be noted that Jack arrested Arabella prior in the film for stealing his car.

Jack (Bronson) breaks out of jail, takes his new "hand cuffed partner" with him in order to find the killer. There is also a really cool sequence in this film that takes place in the Bradbury Building. This movie gives you Bronson at his best, fighting scum, great one liners and a drinking problem that never seems to be addressed.

This DVD provides "Murphy's Law" in both wide and full screen, with a crisp picture. This DVD also features the original trailer/preview. I don't know why there are so many negative thoughts on this movie. For people to be upset that there was nudity, violence, profanity and sexual situations in this movie is bizarre to me. This is a Charles Bronson movie that was made in the 1980s baby!!! I don't know what people think they are going to be watching, "Blue's Clues" or maybe some watered down PG-13 flick. "Murphy's Law" is a crime thriller that doesn't try to be anything else and that is why it is a classic.

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Summary of Murphy's Law (1986)

A killer on a rampage learns the hard way: "Don't mess with Jack Murphy!" Charles Bronson stars in this thrilling game of hide-and-seek between a clever psychopath and a lone lawman hellbent on reaping justice. Veteran detective Jack Murphy (Bronson) is suddenly a wanted man after he's framed for the murder of his ex-wife. Taken into custody by the very cops he works with, Murphy has no choice but to escape and hunt down the killer who set him up. But even as he pursues a false lead, Murphy is pursued by the real murderer a psychotic woman (Carrie Snodgress) out for revenge against those who institutionalized her ten years earlier including Murphy!

This thoroughly unpleasant 1986 thriller stars Charles Bronson as a cop systematically framed for one murder after another. The killings, though, turn out to be the work of a female nutcase (Carrie Snodgress) he had once sent away to prison. Everyone involved in this leans on the atrocity-and-revenge formula, particularly Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone), two Hollywood guys who once upon a time made plenty of classic films. Snodgress's performance is unhinged, interesting but hard to watch, as we never really got to know her onscreen after Diary of a Mad Housewife. Just think of this movie as having come from the same creepy planet as the Death Wish series. --Tom Keogh

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