Frankie the Fly (1996)

Frankie the Fly: Directed by Peter Markle. With Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Kiefer Sutherland. Small-time hood Frankie the Fly teams with a porn filmmaker and porno actress to try to make a killing by running a high-risk scam of the big boss.

“Frankie ‘The Flyu0026#39; (Dennis Hopper) has decided he had enough that everyone calls him ‘The Flyu0026#39; since the day Sal (Michael Madsen), his boss, humiliated the porn actress heu0026#39;s in love with. At the same time, Sal blinds Joey (Kiefer Sutherland) in one eye, a small porn films director whou0026#39;s tried to rip Sal off. Afterwards Frankie asks Joey to film him killing Sal, in order to be avenged and by the same way make a good «snuff movie»…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe screenplay of this excellent movie («Frankie», not the snuff !), indeed quite more tricky than this brief summary, donu0026#39;t miss to be striking and reminds us Gary Felderu0026#39;s cruelty in «Things to do in Denver when youu0026#39;re dead», or even the gangsters little stories in «Pulp Fiction». You must see Frankie now playing it «cool-styled» with his sunglasses, his three-piece suit and his sports car, now being totally old-fashioned when he bluntly barks at his car parker because heu0026#39;s driving too fast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut besides, Frankie is an engaging character. He can fairly well talk to girls but heu0026#39;s rather wimpy when Sal or one of his henchmen totally ticks him off !u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMichael Madsen («Kill me Again» ; «Reservoir dogs») takes himself very seriously in his little mafioso part. I enjoyed one of my favorite actors once again ! For once, Kiefer Sutherland doesnu0026#39;t play a too twisted character like in «Freeway» or «Truth or Consequences, N.M.». As for Dennis Hopper, he has already become a legend since «Easy Rider» and later, «Blue Velvet» and `Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2u0026#39;…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dialogs have got a black sense of humor and even sometimes a particular subtlety. I just love the original soundtrack, the songs fit very well to the sequences. So, I recommend this terrific movie to crime films and black humor fans.”