MIKE'S MURDER from WARNER BROS. (1984). Director James Bridges was forced to re-cut and re-edit after preview audiences dis-liked the film. The story was originally shot "backwards" from ending to beginning. The production budget climbed to $6.3 million. It flopped at the U.S. box office and earned only $1 million. It wasn't released at the Foreign markets. The "Warner Home Archive Collection" released it on DVD in 2009.
I reviewed "Mike's Murder" here on this Blog a few years back. I watched it again for this recommendation for murder & mystery fans.
Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) portrays a bank-teller in Los Angeles. A few years back. She had a sexual one-night-stand with Mike who was a tennis instructor. She receives a phone call saying that Mike was murdered. Betty hardly knew him, but is curious about how he was killed.
She discovers that Mike was a drug dealer and it is a "world" she doesn't understand. This "world" is so big that it encompasses every corner of Los Angeles. Betty is not a professional investigator, but unearths some truths about Mike. He wanted to be a male "Chippendale" dancer and also had a gay male lover.
She traces his life through black and white pictures. Plus, VHS video camera footage that has become the rage for millions of Americans. VHS tapes revolutionize television, documentaries, interviews and for personal use inside of homes. Betty watches bits and pieces of Mike's life which isn't pretty.
I will not give anything away.... However - Betty's life is in danger when she touches this Los Angeles drug world. Who killed Mike?... How?... Why?
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