"The Singing Detective" - A Review by 'Sarah H.'During the first five minutes of this surrealistic film noir, surprisingly steeped knee deep in reality, we watched principal character, Dan Dark/Robert Downey Jr, literally ravage against hospital staff members, hurling verbal obscenities and dishing out caustic abuse at random. There was no mistaking from the get go, Downey is back where his talents were first discovered, which is on the big screen and he is more than comfortable wearing this skin. Dark’s only weapon is his acid tongue as he’s rendered useless, while laid flat out, trapped inside of a body covered by lesions, symptomatic of a debilitating form of psoriasis. Not only is his body stiff, but his hands are curled, with limited, rigid movements and that doesn’t begin take into consideration the restless turmoil existing inside of his mind. This is the place where he feels most imprisoned and helpless. A sort of pergatory, where he dwells while waiting for his fate to unfold.
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