Last Embrace is a thriller by Johnathan Demme (Silence Of The Lambs), starring Roy Scheider and Janet Margolin. Scheider is Harry Hannan a CIA operative whose wife is murdered and suffers a nervous breakdown. When released from the hospital he believes he has been targeted for assassination but others question his sanity.
This film offers a strong performance by Scheider and a climatic chase around Niagara falls, but it is so full of red herrings and convoluted plot construction that the whole enterprise collapses under it's own script. Suspenseful, but ultimately a failure. Look for Christopher Walkin and Mandy Patankin in small supporting roles.
At the Movie House rating ** stars
Other films of interest:
Blow-Out
Marathon Man
Winter Kills
Obsession
Don't Look Now
Three Days Of The Condor
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