I caught this film upon it's cinematic release, and thought it to be one of the freshest films for the whole of the 1990s. It was interesting to catch it again recently on BBC2, and find it still stands up well.

The nods to noir and Hitchcock are there for all to see. This partnership finally has another film (U.K release before 31/12/01) due out, and I await it with bated breath.

Interesting movie.

A guy (Vincent) is being investigated by the police, decides to murder his brother (Clay), in the hope the police will misidentify the corpse and cease their investigation.

He is ultimately unsuccessful, However Clay is left maimed and suffering from amnesia. The people immediately involved with Vincent nurse Clay back to health, as they were unaware of the switch of identity, they are now under the impression Clay is actually Vincent. Of course Clay suffering from amnesia knows no different and unknowingly adopts Vincent's identity, and thus also inheriting his brothers misfortunes.

One thing to be noted, Clay and Vincent look nothing alike, they're not even the same race. This is never commented on during the movie, and the other characters interactions are as if they were cast as identical twins. This is obviously done intentionally, and i found it an interesting touch.

It has some "trippy" sequences, ive seen it compared to Hitchcocks style of film making, and id say that was an accurate comparison. Its entirely black and white, and i feel it really lends itself well to some nice cinematography.

I enjoyed it.

The construction worker Clay Arlington (Dennis Haysbert) meets his wealthy half-brother Vincent Towers (Michael Harris) in their father's funeral and sooner Clay travels from Needles to the city to visit Vincent. When Clay arrives, Vincent changes their IDs, gives his clothes to Clay and tells that he needs to travel but would be back on the next day. Clay drives Vincent to the airport in his car and Vincent explodes a bomb planted in the car. However Clay survives with amnesia and with his face and bones are restored by the specialist Dr. Renee Descartes (Mel Harris) that uses a video and pictures of Vincent to rebuild his face. The amnesic Clay assumes the identity of Vincent and learns that he is the prime suspect of Lieutenant Weismann (David Graf) for the suspicious murder of his father. Further, Renee and he fall in love for each other. With the support Dr. Max Shinoda ( Sab Shimono), Clay finally retrieves his memory and has to decide which life shall be buried.

"Suture" has a good story but the viewer shall buy first that the African American Dennis Haysbert and the Caucasian Michael Harris resemble each other. The plot has many flaws, and I believed that the brotherhood of Vincent and Clay had been kept in secret due to racial issues. Therefore, there is no explanation why the brothers have different social conditions having a wealthy father. And what about the fingerprints of Clay and Vincent, how could they match each other? The black and white cinematography is very beautiful and the camera work is excellent. My vote is six.

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