Pacific Heights

(1990)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 432 votes

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Year: 1990

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: John Schlesinger

Cast: Мелани Гриффит, Мэттью Модайн, Майкл Китон, Mako, Nobu McCarthy, Лори Меткаф, Карл Ламбли, Дориан Хэрвуд, Luca Bercovici, Tippi Hedren

Plot

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Drake enters the property market fueled by a desperate need for status. He stakes his relationship on a mortgage that demands perfection. The arrival of Carter Hayes acts as the catalyst for a slow motion psychological demolition. Hayes refuses to pay, instead filling the walls with roaches and industrial noise. Drake responds with his defining vice: a volatile, short sighted temper. He cuts the power and enters the unit, handed a legal defeat that strips him of his rights. The moral pivot arrives as Drake abandons the law to hunt his tormentor. He pays the cost in blood and legal ruin while his partnership with Patty fractures under the weight of his incompetence.