Psycho Killer

Original title: Relentless

1989
R
1h 32m

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5.9/10

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Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

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Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

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Trivia
William Lustig was originally going to direct True Romance (1993) before Tony Scott. During that period, Quentin Tarantino and Lustig discussed Tarantino writing Relentless 2 and Tarantino was excited. The two thought they would be like Scorsese and Schrader writing Taxi Driver (1976) together. However, the relationship soured when Lustig demanded rewrites on True Romance.

Quotes
Terrell: [Angry that he's been assigned grueling routine desk work] I'd like to meet the brain donor who came up with this brilliant idea.
Malloy: Hey, you're looking at him. You don't like it, kiss my ass.

Connections
Featured in Dead On: Relentless II (1992)

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Judd Nelson's best film

I am a really big fan of Judd Nelson and he ruled in this movie. He's so good at being the bad guy. Judd plays Buck Taylor, a demented serial killer who picks his victims from a phone book and calls them before he enters their house and kills them. And the victims' names resemble his. And he tears the pages out with the victims' names underlined in red with messages like "catch me if you can" that he leaves on the dead bodies for the police. Buck does these horrid things because his father was abusive and he kills to show his dad that he's good at something. I really enjoyed this movie and it showed how good of an actor Judd is. Great film!