Ignore the bad reviews. Solid performances all around. A bit predictable but If you enjoy old noir flicks this fits the bill. I was actual surprised I liked Travolta in this. He's so hit or miss but I enjoyed his performance as the grisled PI.

EYE FOR AN EYE is an attempt to make a 1940s-era film noir with 21st century sensibilities. It really doesn't work very well and comes across as jokey and half-hearted. John Travolta - with the dodgiest hedgehog hairpiece you'll see - plays a private investigator on the trail of drug-related murders who soon finds himself hooking up with ex-wife Famke Janssen (post-facelift). Other cast members who should know better include a visibly aged Morgan Freeman and an unrecognisable Brendan Fraser. There's one action scene, lots of lame dialogue, struggling actors and attempts at mood which don't pay off.

In 1978, in Los Angeles, the alcoholic smoker and gambler private investigator Carson Philips (John Travolta) is hired to investigate the lack of news from the wealthy Barbara Poole, who is patient from the a mental institution in his hometown Galveston. Carson is reluctant to go, but his debts with sharks associated to the large amount that his client is paying help him to decide to go. Carson Philips is a former football player that left his town in disgrace after throwing a match. He also left his girlfriend Jayne Hunt (Famke Janssen) behind. Along his investigation, Carson meets the mysterious Dr. Miles Mitchell (Brendan Fraser),who runs the mental facility, and the mob kingpin Doc (Morgan Freeman),who owns most of Galveston. When the famous player Happy Chandler (Devin Ellery),who is married with Jayne´s daughter Becky Hunt (Ella Bleu Travolta),dies during a game, Carson Philips uncovers dark secrets in the town.

"The Poison Rose" is an underrated film neo noir. The story has all the elements of a film noir maybe with the exception of the happy ending. The screenplay is well-written with a great veteran cast, with John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Famke Janssen, Brendan Fraser and Robert Patrick. The shape of the former athletic Brendan Fraser is impressive. This film is also the debut of Ella Bleu Travolta, the daughter of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, in a feature. My vote is seven.

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