Love Is a Gun (1994)

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I am always interested in seeing interesting actors like Eric Roberts, and will seek out his most obscure films. "Love is a Gun" certainly is obscure, and there is good reason why, it is beyond bad. The entire film can only be described as unwatchable, because of nightmare sequences, flashback sequences, and a totally contrived ending. You have seen Eric Roberts play the same crazed character in far better movies, where at least some things made sense. Nothing makes sense in "Love is a Gun", and R. Lee Ermey seems embarrassed to be involved. Believe me, watching Eric Roberts lose touch with reality is not entertainment. Even a very brief Kelly Preston nude scene is actually a body double. This is definitely not worth 92 minutes of your life. - MERK

This psychological thriller has been screened on a main Romanian TV channel at least two times:12 years ago (when it has made some impression on the Eric Roberts fans),and this year.As I said,12 years ago Love Is a Gun did not pass unnoticed;I remember discussing it with an Eric Roberts fan and how she found it interesting .This thing is certain:in Eric Roberts career's table,Love Is a Gun stands out as offering him a large role--even in a cheap B thriller.All three leading actors were interesting,and the thing could have been fine:a man's addiction to a femme 'fatale.In its class of B thrillers from the '90s (and I was a huge consumer of such shows),Love Is a Gun is conspicuous for the quality of Eric Roberts' role (the role,his creation,not the character as the writer conceived it,or rather didn't ...);this increases the impression of uncanniness given by "LIG",as all the other characters\roles are card-board-made,with only Roberts trying,striving to get something out of his role.So,12 years ago at least 2 persons in Romania,me and an Eric Roberts fan young woman have seen "LIG" as an Eric Roberts movie and also as a deserved treat (I was less satisfied,though,as I expected an erotic thriller and found the sex too poor ...).Eric Roberts is one of the actors that passed through the '90s with an abundant harvest of such cheap B thrillers,and this is better than no movies at all (e.g.,Rourke sank lower than this level!).Formerly I saw in this class of movies mostly the clichés, flaws, shortcomings, deficiencies and tricks;now I see them as a way of keeping one's place on the sets;and I do not blame the actors anymore for accepting such scripts,etc..David Hartwell directed only this feature movie;I guess no one regrets it."LIG" has,in fact,no script,and almost everything remains unexplained ( Preston's insanity,the things told by her husband ;Roberts' past,his dreams,his watch;the supernatural side--because there is such a thing,too ...).Alan Roberts' Save Me (1993)(with Lysette Anthony,Michael Ironside,Harry Hamlin and Olivia Hussey) had a better script;Fred Olen Ray's Possessed by the Night (1994) (with Shannon Tweed and Sandahl Bergman) had a better script;other Shannon Tweed and Drew Barrymore films (Poison Ivy ,Sketch Artist ,The Amy Fisher Story ,Doppelganger ) all had better scripts.

I don't know if the producers of this film envisaged that "Love is a Gun" was destined for late night cable but that's where I saw this film and that's what it deserves. A convoluted plot, a by the numbers performance by Eric Roberts and pedestrian pacing throughout unite to consign this film to mediocrity. The only factor that saves "Love is a Gun" from being a complete waste of time is Kelly Preston, who at least looks like she took the role for something other than the money.Eric Roberts plays a photographer infatuated by Kelly Preston who is married to a much older man. Eric and Kelly become embroiled in an affair which causes Eric to start going off the deep end and perform his trade marked crazy man routine which he has honed to a perfection over the years.R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket) gives a solid performance as a detective but the rest of the cast fail to make an impression.As indicated, Kelly Preston is the star of this film and it has perplexed me why she has not become more successful than she is. She either has been stuck in second rate fare where she has little room to show her talents or she bobs up in cameos in block buster movies when she should, by all rights be in the starring role. If the Movie Gods are at all fair, she will soon be offered a role which will do her talents justice and launch her into the acting stratosphere.

Very interesting and unpredictable thriller. It gets more and more exciting towards the end. Best moment is when Jack Hart shoots himself and just a millisecond before that he sees that ring in the table. Interesting way of telling the story going back and forth in time. Good entertainment for those who like movies that aren't what they seem to be.