It boasts a great cast and comes from an Oscar-winning director.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 4 April) is U Turn, the star-studded 1997 neo-noir crime thriller film.
Directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon), it sees another Oscar winner Sean Penn play Bobby Cooper, a drifter in debt to a violent gangster whose car breaks down in a small desert town Arizona.
While there, he meets an attractive woman (Jennifer Lopez) and her spouse (Nick Nolte), each of whom approach Bobby to kill the other for money.
Also featuring amongst its cast a young Claire Danes and Joaquin Phoenix, along with Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Voight, U Turn was not a box office hit upon release and received mixed reviews from critics.
However, we’d argue that the movie’s great cast, sweaty atmospshere, dark comedy elements and twisty plot make it well worth seeking out.
Airing tonight on the channel Legend at 10.55pm, U Turn is also available to rent on Rakuten TV.
Check out its trailer right here:
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
On the Waterfront/Apocalypse Now – BBC Four – 8pm/10.15pm
It’s a Marlon Brando double bill!
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – Comedy Central – 9pm
Groovy, baby!
Fury – Film4 – 9pm
This Brad Pitt-led WWII epic was recently added to Netflix after having been named one of the 10 best war films of all time.
Butterfly on a Wheel – Legend – 9pm
After kidnapping the daughter of a couple, a man (Pierce Brosnan) forces the two (Gerard Butler, Maria Bello) to comply with a series of daunting tasks in this 2007 thriller.
Final Destination 2 – Quest – 10pm
More young people “cheat death” but death isn’t done with them yet in this hit horror sequel.
Zombieland: Double Tap: Film4 – 11.40pm
Another follow-up, except this time to the 2009 zom-rom-com Zombieland.
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin – Channel 4 – 1.05am
The surprisingly solid most recent entry in the long-running found-footage horror franchise.
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