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Two fugitive girls odyssey into the sleazy underbelly of a city
Shot in early summer, 1984, Certain Fury is an urban crime drama/thriller, released the next year, that combines the basic plot of The Defiant Ones with elements of later movies, like Switchblade Sisters and The Warriors. Relatively realistic, it has superior actors to Switchblade Sisters and lacks the surrealness of Warriors, yet its not as compelling as either and opts for wallowing in the seedy side of the Big City. But I liked the long sewer sequence, the nod to hellish perdition, and the somewhat moving climax.
Tatum O'Neal is effective as the streetwise sex worker, neck-deep into drugs, while Irene Caras character is more winsome and naïve. Cara was known for ...