See the guy in ropes in the picture? He's in a heck of a jam! He enjoys bedding women who work at his insurance agency. No big deal, but the problem is that a few of them, like the lady above, are armed and dangerous!Sleep Easy is an engaging thriller, with twists and turns that surprise at each moment. It is full of femmes fatales, wicked men, and unexpected villains. Example: Hutch Rimes, the protagonist who meets attractive office workers at the "Sleep Easy" motel, has a fairly easy life until one of his ladies asks, "Care to help me kill my husband?"
No more details, lest I spoil the story.
Flavored like a Hitchkock mystery, the film provides a bevy of talented actors who keep the suspense in high gear. Steven Weber, a little known actor, shines as the amoral, less-than-smart playboy who meets his Waterloo at the hands of a few vicious babes. Gail O'Grady, best known for her role as the blond secretary on Hill Street Blues, brilliantly plays the lusty, back-stabbing bitch who tries to get back at lover boy. Then there's Swoosie Kurtz, a fine character actor, who offers up some shocking and unexpected moves.
Who's gonna shoot whom? Who's gonna betray whom? Which baddie will bring down our poor, misdirected cad? Which women will turn to violence?
Not a well-known film, but a little diamond in the rough.
A- grade. Lots of fun...serious yet light in tone.
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