Pieces

I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs and the opening scene terrified me then. Revisited the 87 mins director's cut.

The film started off very well n it cud have been a good character study of a psychopath but the makers reduced it into a mere slasher.

The arm severing scene in the lift is brutal n the film has lots of gore n it has plenty of boobs n butts but none of the babes is hot. In fact the mother of the psycho in the initial scene is a busty milf.

The film has some wierd stuff too. Ther is a kung fu guy doing kicks in the middle of the nite n later a woman thanks Kendall for saving her life but there was nothing shown regarding saving life. The only thing Kendall did was give a lift.

It is obvious that ther is some chemistry between Kendall n the woman he gave lift but in the end a lieutenant aka Christopher George (who is the real life husbad of the woman) touches the woman's cheeks n chin. I don't kno why.

In a scene Kendall and a sergeant leave earlier than the lieutenant but somehow the lieutenant reaches along with em.

We have Paul Lawrence Smith (Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye) found most of the times at crime scenes but he is never interrogated or termed as a suspect.

Christopher George does best at what he is, either a cop, a sheriff or a lieutenant. In one scene he barges rite on time n he is damn accurate with his shot.

We have Jack Taylor in a tiny role but he gave a memorable performance of that of a reserved n quiet professor with a hidden lifestyle.