Rotten
Suffers from a terminal case of creative indecision.
Variety Staff, Variety
Cutter's Way
Cutter does everything his way. Fighting. Loving. Working. Tracking down a killer.
1981 · 1h 49m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Ivan Passer
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Cutter's Way
Overview
Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.
Director and cast
- Ivan Passer Director
- Jeff Bridges as Richard Bone
- John Heard as Alex Cutter
- Lisa Eichhorn as Maureen Cutter, 'Mo'
- Stephen Elliott as J. J. Cord
- Arthur Rosenberg as George Swanson
- Nina van Pallandt as Woman in the Hotel
- Ann Dusenberry as Valerie Duran
- Patricia Donahue as Mrs. Cord
- Geraldine Baron as Susie Swanson
- Katherine Pass as Toyota Woman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The result is nothing less than a modern masterpiece, and a film ripe for rediscovery.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rotten
It's the sort of picture that never wants to concede what it's about. It is, however, enchanted by the sound of its own dialogue, which is vivid without being informative or even amusing on any level.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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