This film stars Geoge C Scott as Jake Van Dorn , whose family leads a church-oriented life in their home in Grand Rapid , Michigan . When the church sponsors a youth trip to California , Van Dorn's daughter Kristen (Ilah Davis) is allowed to go . She disappears , so Van Dorn goes to Los Angeles and learns she's now making pornography in California . And there Van Dorn hires a private investigator (Peter Boyle) to find her , and later a prostitute (Season Hubley) ."Oh my God, that's my daughter". ¨Life doesn't always go as planned'' . Forget you ever had a daughter !. ¨There are some doors that should never be opened''. A man chases his daughter in the pornographic underworld !.
A thrilling and strong film about an unsettling father who undertakes a merciless crusade to look for his runaway teenage daughter who's making sex and mags films in California's porno pits , and he'll stop at nothing to get it and at whetever cost. It is rated R , but is closer to a highest rating : x . It results to be a powerful , unflinching glimpse into the dark, bizarre world of the pornography industry. It is rather reminiscent of those old sleazy movies that were advertised as sex-education flicks. As usual in Paul Schrader films , he takes recurring theme of isolation and self-loathing and their effects on the psyche . Stars George C Scott who gives a very good acting as Jake Van Dorn , a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen when suddenly his teenage daughter is missing from her church youth convention trip to California . He's well accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Peter Boyle , Season Hubley , Dick Sargent , Leonard Gaines, Dave Nichols , Gary Graham, Larry Block, Bibi Besch , Ed Begley Jr , among others.
It contains a strange but emotive at times musical score by Jack Nitzsche composed by meansof synthesizer. As well as evocative and dark cinematography by Michael Chapman. The motion picture was well directed by Paul Schrader , though being really ugly and sordid. Paul has frequently written about characters who are lonely, isolated, surrounded by the seedy side of sex and his roles usually have traumatic and deeply troubled pasts with a propensity for self-destruction which they are constantly trying to escape from . Stablishing his reputation as one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, which was consolidated when Martin Scorsese filmed Schrader's script Taxi Driver (1976), written in the early 1970s during a bout of drinking and depression. The success of the film allowed Schrader to start directing his own films, which have been notable for their willingness to take stylistic and thematic risks while still working squarely within the Hollywood system. The most original of his films -which he and many others regard as his best- was the Japanese co-production Mishima (1985) and following a lot of pictures as writer or director such as : Blue collar , Hardcore , Gigolo , Light sleeper , Autofocus , Affliction , Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2012) . Rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average. The pic will appeal to George C. Scott fans.
A thrilling and strong film about an unsettling father who undertakes a merciless crusade to look for his runaway teenage daughter who's making sex and mags films in California's porno pits , and he'll stop at nothing to get it and at whetever cost. It is rated R , but is closer to a highest rating : x . It results to be a powerful , unflinching glimpse into the dark, bizarre world of the pornography industry. It is rather reminiscent of those old sleazy movies that were advertised as sex-education flicks. As usual in Paul Schrader films , he takes recurring theme of isolation and self-loathing and their effects on the psyche . Stars George C Scott who gives a very good acting as Jake Van Dorn , a businessman from the American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with most of his countrymen when suddenly his teenage daughter is missing from her church youth convention trip to California . He's well accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Peter Boyle , Season Hubley , Dick Sargent , Leonard Gaines, Dave Nichols , Gary Graham, Larry Block, Bibi Besch , Ed Begley Jr , among others.
It contains a strange but emotive at times musical score by Jack Nitzsche composed by meansof synthesizer. As well as evocative and dark cinematography by Michael Chapman. The motion picture was well directed by Paul Schrader , though being really ugly and sordid. Paul has frequently written about characters who are lonely, isolated, surrounded by the seedy side of sex and his roles usually have traumatic and deeply troubled pasts with a propensity for self-destruction which they are constantly trying to escape from . Stablishing his reputation as one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, which was consolidated when Martin Scorsese filmed Schrader's script Taxi Driver (1976), written in the early 1970s during a bout of drinking and depression. The success of the film allowed Schrader to start directing his own films, which have been notable for their willingness to take stylistic and thematic risks while still working squarely within the Hollywood system. The most original of his films -which he and many others regard as his best- was the Japanese co-production Mishima (1985) and following a lot of pictures as writer or director such as : Blue collar , Hardcore , Gigolo , Light sleeper , Autofocus , Affliction , Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2012) . Rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average. The pic will appeal to George C. Scott fans.