A blind professor's (Urich) friends are being murdered. His ex-girlfriend (Eilbacher), now engaged to his best friend (Perlman), wants to rekindle their romance. His therapist (Clarkson), for whom he has non-professional feelings, begins to reciprocate. Yes, it's a murder mystery with soap opera entanglements but it's a slightly better than average TV movie which makes for decent viewing on an order-in-dinner bad weather day. There is something that a lot of actors do when they are not talking or not the lead (in a scene or in a movie) that I have found to be totally incorrect. Actually, they'll do one of two things. They either "go dead" (stop acting/reacting) or try to steal the spotlight (from the person talking/the lead). Sometimes it's an actor's job to be the candle and other times it's their job to be the mirror that reflects the flame. An actor should be able to do both and know when to do which (because the lead in a film is not always the lead in every scene of the film). An actor who can't is more ego than actor (and can often be border line painful to watch). Ron Perlman knows how to do both and when to do which. He delivers a well done performance and he and Robert Urich (who also does a fine job) have a really nice screen chemistry (no problem believing these characters are brothers by friendship). Availability: VHS, suggest: Amazon http://www.amazon.com, I have been buying from Amazon for years, new and used, and have had no problems. Please make sure to check that the VHS is compatible with your country/region. Worth a rent/buy used. By Tressa Lee Breen.
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