Sunday, May 27, 2012

Strange Impersonation (1946)


A genuine B-movie from the 1940s, Strange Impersonation manages to take a pretty overused (and outlandish) revenge plot and make it interesting... then completely destroy it. The story follows a brilliant scientist who tests an anesthetic upon herself and has her face disfigured by a jealous lab assistant. Somehow, she manages to fake her own death, get plastic surgery, and begin a plot for revenge. Although they're pretty cliche now, I still find face swap stories to be pretty interesting. The two main actresses were both pretty good despite the film being a low-budget endeavor, and the direction was pretty good as well. The film is nothing particularly original, but for a good deal of the film I was entertained. What killed it for me--and the reason why I would suggest you skip the film--is the ending (spoilers ahead): It was all a dream. I should have expected it, but no matter how outlandish a plot is I hope that the movie won't resort to the ultimate cop-out like Strange Impersonation did. Disappointing.

5/10

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