Angel Heart

"It has the unsettled logic of a nightmare, in which nothing fits and everything seems inevitable (...) most of all it's an exuberant exercise in style, in which Parker and his actors have fun taking it to the limit (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
 

"Smashing-looking production design by Brian Morris and beautiful, moody camera work (...) [Mr. Parker] is a very able technician who needs a good screenplay, which is what's missing here. In its bits and pieces, 'Angel Heart' looks a lot better than it does when endured" 

"[It] gradually trades out its initial noir cool for a hot, anxious horror that asks Rourke do some of the most wrenching acting of his career." 

"One can’t help but feel there’s a competent, gallows humor-infused thriller buried somewhere (...) even if one lacks the will power or desire to persuasively excavate it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"Pure film noir , you might say. But even for that genre, this slender plot thread--and our willingness to follow it--almost snaps." 

"Mickey Rourke, as private eye Harry Angel, gives off a vibe of mangy cool and his infamous sex scene with Lisa Bonet still sizzles. But the fun and fright come from Robert De Niro's Louis Cypher (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four) 

"A convoluted combination of film noir and horror that, although expertly filmed by director Alan Parker, seems more an exercise in flashy visuals than mature cinematic storytelling."