{"id":31260,"date":"2022-12-21T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31260"},"modified":"2022-12-21T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:41:14","slug":"q-a-1990-starring-nick-nolte-timothy-hutton-and-armand-assante-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31260","title":{"rendered":"“Q & A” (1990) starring Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton and Armand Assante \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Q & A <\/strong><\/em>(1990)<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Sidney Lumet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Sidney Lumet\u00a0<\/strong>based on the novel Q & A by Edwin Torres<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O’Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzm\u00e1n, Charles S. Dutton, Jenny Lumet, Paul Calderon, Dominic Chianese, Leonardo Cimino, Fyvush Finkel <\/strong>and John Capodice
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: When the questions are dangerous, the answers can be deadly.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Late one night Al Reilly (Hutton) is awakened by a call from Kevin Quinn (O’Neal), the head of the District Attorney’s Homicide Bureau.\u00a0 Quinn wants Reilly to investigate a police shooting.\u00a0 Mike Brennan (Nolte) a decorated NY city cop with a reputation for being tough killed a small-time Puerto Rican hood.\u00a0 Brennan claims it was self-defense.\u00a0 Quinn tells Reilly it’s an open-and-shut case.<\/p>\n

Reilly, Detective Luis Valentin (Guzm\u00e1n) and Detective Sam Chapman (Dutton) conduct a Q & A of all the witnesses.\u00a0 Brennan claims he was following up on an informant’s tip and shot in self-defense.\u00a0 Bobby Texador (Assante) a Puerto Rican crime boss was there. He says he didn’t see a thing.\u00a0 It turns out Texador’s wife, Nancy (Lumet) was once involved with Reilly.\u00a0 She disappeared from Reilly’s life six years ago without a word.\u00a0 Texador tells Reilly he knows about the relationship and threatens him.<\/p>\n

Quinn wants Reilly to wrap up the investigation and clear Brennan.\u00a0 Reilly and Valentine don’t believe that things went down the way Brennan says.\u00a0 Chapman warns them that Brennan has connections upstairs and with some shady folks.\u00a0 Reilly decides to dig deeper.<\/p>\n

When Brennan finds out Reilly is still investigating the shooting he threatens Reilly. Now Reilly is feeling pressure from his boss, plus the threats from Brennan and Texador have him on edge.\u00a0 Many people will die before the truth is known… but will justice win out?<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sidney Lumet pulled together an all-star cast for Q & A<\/em>.\u00a0 Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton and Armand Assante have never been better.\u00a0 Luis Guzm\u00e1n and Charles S. Dutton are always solid.\u00a0 Jenny Lumet (Sidney Lumet’s daughter) is perfect in her role as Assante and Hutton’s love interest.\u00a0 A special shout out for Fyvush Finkel’s performance as a slimy lawyer.<\/p>\n

Sidney Lumet made several great films during his career.\u00a0 He was nominated for Academy Awards<\/em> as Best Director<\/em> five times.\u00a0 Although Q & A<\/em> didn’t get the same recognition, it should have.<\/p>\n

Q & A<\/em> is set up so that the audience knows from the start that Brennan is a cold-blooded killer.\u00a0 We know the danger that Reilly is in before he does.\u00a0 The tension builds as Reilly digs deeper.\u00a0 The mystery for the audience isn’t IF<\/strong> Brennan murdered the guy, but WHY<\/strong> he murdered him.\u00a0 There’s also the subplot of why Reilly’s girl left him all those years ago.\u00a0 How did she end up with the crime boss Bobby Texador?\u00a0 And what will Texador do when he finds out Reilly still loves his wife?<\/p>\n

Q & A <\/strong><\/em>earns 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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