Bad Influence
(1990)
★ 6 IMDb · 202 votes
Year: 1990
Runtime: 99 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Джеймс Спейдер, Роб Лоу, Lisa Zane, Марсия Кросс, Rosalyn Landor, Kathleen Wilhoite, Tony Maggio, Palmer Lee Todd, Jeff Kaake, Кристиан Клименсон
Plot
Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.
Michael Boll (James Spader) drifts through corporate meetings and wedding obligations with the posture of someone permanently bracing for impact. After a violent stranger named Alex (Rob Lowe) rescues him during a bar confrontation, Michael becomes intoxicated by the other man's fearless aggression and social ease. Alex steadily pulls him away from routine and restraint, encouraging retaliation at work, reckless public behavior, drug use, and impulsive sexual encounters with Claire (Lisa Zane). What begins as liberation slowly hardens into surveillance and coercion. Alex inserts himself into every vulnerable space in Michael's life, turning private humiliation into spectacle while pushing him toward acts that threaten his career, relationships, and freedom.