Fresh
Although it exists primarily to send an audience into a bloodthirsty frenzy and has major credibility problems in the bargain, Unlawful Entry is still a very effective victimization thriller.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Unlawful Entry
A man obsessed will do anything for love... A cop obsessed can get away with it.
1992 · 1h 52m · R
Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
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Unlawful Entry
Overview
When Michael and Karen Carr’s home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with duty officer Pete Davis. But the disturbed cop develops an intense fixation on Karen, and his idea of friendship soon turns into a dangerous obsession, making him the Carrs’ worst nightmare.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Kaplan Director
- Kurt Russell as Michael Carr
- Ray Liotta as Officer Pete Davis
- Madeleine Stowe as Karen Carr
- Roger E. Mosley as Officer Roy Cole
- Ken Lerner as Roger Graham
- Deborah Offner as Penny, Karen's Friend
- Johnny Ray McGhee as Ernie Pike
- Carmen Argenziano as Jerome Lurie
- Andy Romano as Captain Russell Hayes
- Sonny Carl Davis as Neighbor Jack
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Neither Lewis Colick's script nor Jonathan Kaplan's direction is quite as streamlined as it could be, but you certainly get a run for your money.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
More gripping than it is convincing.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
The movie is a thriller, with all the usual trappings of a thriller, but the director, Jonathan Kaplan, is able to place the story in a plausible world.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The plot is as tediously redundant as director Jonathan Kaplan's approach is carefully workmanlike.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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