johnny handsome

Director: walter hill

Actor: mickey rourke,ellen barkin,elizabeth mcgovern,morgan freeman

Data Published: Fri Sep 29 1989

Genres: Crime,Drama,Thriller

Key Words: plastic surgery,neo noir,character name as series title,nickname as series title,erotica

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097626/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Handsome

Description: Johnny Handsome is a movie starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, and Elizabeth McGovern. After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.

Plot: John Sedley is a man with a disfigured face, mocked by others as "Johnny Handsome." He and a friend are double-crossed by two accomplices in a crime, Sunny Boyd and her partner Rafe, and a Judge sends Johnny to jail, where he vows to get even once he gets out. In prison, Johnny meets a surgeon named Fisher, who is looking for a guinea pig so he can attempt an experimental procedure in reconstructive cosmetic surgery. Johnny, figuring he has nothing to lose, is given a new, normal-looking face (making him unrecognizable to the people who knew him) before he is released back into society. Lt. Drones, a dour New Orleans law enforcement officer, is not fooled by Johnny's new look or new life, even when Johnny lands an honest job and begins seeing Donna McCarty, a normal and respectable woman who knows little of his past. The lieutenant tells Johnny that, on the inside, Johnny is still a hardened criminal and always will be. The cop is correct. Johnny cannot forget his sworn vengeance against Sunny and Rafe, joining them for another job, which ends violently for all.