The Medusa Touch (1978)
Richard Burton plays a man who can make terrible things happen by willing it so in his mind. The opening scene shows him being battered nearly to death in his apartment; the rest of the movie he’s lying in a coma. His brain activity is still very much alive. Will detective Lino Ventura and psychiatrist Lee Remick be able to stop him before he strikes again?
That premise sounds like a potentially good thriller, but the vast majority of the movie is spent trying to convince the leads that Richard Burton really is responsible for the disasters he’s claiming credit for. But, told through flashbacks, the audience believes him immediately, so most of the time it’s boring waiting for the other people in the movie to catch on. It would have been more exciting if the audience doubted his powers as well.
Still, Lee Remick is beautiful, and she’s given lots of wide-eyed close-ups in this movie, so if you just want the eye candy, you can probably get through it.
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That premise sounds like a potentially good thriller, but the vast majority of the movie is spent trying to convince the leads that Richard Burton really is responsible for the disasters he’s claiming credit for. But, told through flashbacks, the audience believes him immediately, so most of the time it’s boring waiting for the other people in the movie to catch on. It would have been more exciting if the audience doubted his powers as well.
Still, Lee Remick is beautiful, and she’s given lots of wide-eyed close-ups in this movie, so if you just want the eye candy, you can probably get through it.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Cinema Central Seleus B" for posting!
More Richard Burton movies here!