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Suture

- A thriller where nothing is black and white.

Brothers Vincent and Clay meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, Vince is actually plotting to kill him with a car bomb and pass the corpse off as his own, planning to start a new life elsewhere with his father's inheritance. But Clay survives the blast and has his face, memory and identity restored in hospital... but are they the right ones?

Release Date : 1993-09-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Kino KorsakoffThe Samuel Goldwyn Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Clay Arlington

Original Name : Dennis Haysbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Renee Descartes

Original Name : Mel Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Max Shinoda

Original Name : Sab Shimono

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Jameson

Original Name : Dina Merrill

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vincent Towers

Original Name : Michael Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Weismann

Original Name : David Graf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Lucerne

Original Name : Fran Ryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sidney Callahan

Original Name : John Ingle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Fuller (as Sandy Gibbons)

Original Name : Sanford Gibbons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Joe

Original Name : Mark DeMichele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse Stevens (as Sandra Lafferty)

Original Name : Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Gender : Female

Character Name : Soprano

Original Name : Capri Darling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Agent

Original Name : Carol Kiernan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sportswoman

Original Name : Laura Groppe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sportsman

Original Name : Mel Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man with Camera

Original Name : Lon Carli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Lucerne's Nurse

Original Name : Ann Van Wey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor #1

Original Name : Sam Smiley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor #2

Original Name : Seth Siegel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arthur Towers

Original Name : Vincent Barbi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emergency Room Doctor (as Mark Siegel D.O.)

Original Name : Mark Siegel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Sparks (voice)

Original Name : Jack Rubens

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Stitching that burning ring of fire. Suture is written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. It stars Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill and Michael Harris. Music is by Cary Berger and cinematography by Greg Gardiner. Identity is the crisis can't you see - X-Ray Spex 1978 Suture is an unusual film that on the surface hangs its chief premise on a most ridiculous concept. Yet what is most striking about the film's heart and soul is that it embraces a number of staple film noir narrative threads. Photographed in spanking monochrome, and featuring an unnerving musical score, this surreal like play works with a cheeky glint in its eye as it challenges the viewer's perception of the unfurling story. Wrapped around a suggested agony of identity, Suture revels in films and styles of film making it is influenced by. Name checking them all is folly, but as the amnesia angle blends with surgical reconstruction, and the murder plot betrayal sidles up to the voiceover, other potent pics spring instantly to mind. And yet in a piece heavy on identity, Suture, in spite of its reliance on influences, does have its own identity, very much so. It's quite a debut from McGehee and Siegel, one that begs the question of why they didn't go on to greater things? Here they have great camera craft, with close ups, overheads and frame blends in action, while there's some striking imagery and noirville shadow play to take in as mood setting accompaniments. It could be argued that much of it is highfalutin, and that the philosophical probing is overkill, but the film remains unique and intriguing, if not as remotely thrilling as one hoped. 7/10