Bad Influence

About Bad Influence

Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.

Bad Influence (1990) is a crime thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson. At 99 minutes long, it arrived in March 1990.

The film is filed under eroticism, sociopath, underground, and stranger.

James Spader takes the lead as Michael Boll, Rob Lowe as Alex, Lisa Zane as Claire, and Marcia Cross as Ruth Fielding. The screenplay is by David Koepp. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and MGM Plus.

Basic Instinct, Nightcrawler, and Lower City make useful companions to Bad Influence, all filed under jealousy and neo-noir. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 204 votes and it carries a R rating.