When a writer moves back to Hollywood looking to regain himself, find new material and meets an attractive actress next door looking for her big break who's using who? Robert Patrick was just coming off his success with T2 and Teri Hatcher was about to become TV's Lois Lane. As a fan of Patrick, I finally get around to seeing 'The Cool Surface' which is mostly remembered for Hatcher's nudity.
This is a dtv trip that rides a fine line between some decent acting and suspect dialog. It's also fairly low budget and rather slow in spots. Robert sports a horrible haircut and glasses and mentally goes all over the map while Teri takes her clothes off once or twice in a story about Hollywood success, but the sex doesn't seem like it's sole purpose. Unfortunately the noir thriller elements aren't always handled well.
What do we make of the writer? Is he going crazy? A serial killer? Is the actress leading him on? Perhaps the male voice screaming over select parts of the soundtrack highlights the descent into insanity. 'The Cool Surface' wraps up feeling decidedly average. Veteran actor Matt McCoy and Cyril O'Reilly (Navy Seals) are the only supporting cast of note. Fans of the two leads might be interesting in checking this out but if that's not you I'd leave this curiosity piece alone.
This is a dtv trip that rides a fine line between some decent acting and suspect dialog. It's also fairly low budget and rather slow in spots. Robert sports a horrible haircut and glasses and mentally goes all over the map while Teri takes her clothes off once or twice in a story about Hollywood success, but the sex doesn't seem like it's sole purpose. Unfortunately the noir thriller elements aren't always handled well.
What do we make of the writer? Is he going crazy? A serial killer? Is the actress leading him on? Perhaps the male voice screaming over select parts of the soundtrack highlights the descent into insanity. 'The Cool Surface' wraps up feeling decidedly average. Veteran actor Matt McCoy and Cyril O'Reilly (Navy Seals) are the only supporting cast of note. Fans of the two leads might be interesting in checking this out but if that's not you I'd leave this curiosity piece alone.