masterblaster1975 A search for a prostitute killer gets tense because of the cops own 'professional' dealings with the victims and his subsequent secrecy against colleagues. Good premise and acting, interesting relationship building , but the pacing slows too much in the wrong places for my taste.

alexanderdavies-99382 "Tightrope" is a more grim and rather sleazy kind of film. The way that most of the production was shot with red camera filters, speaks volumes about the film's content. The running time is a bit excessive at 109 minutes as not much happens in the way of incident and the suspense is practically nil. Most of the time we simply bear witness to Clint Eastwood exploring his own rather perverted whims as far as the opposite gender is concerned. The brothel scenes make for slightly uncomfortable viewing. Although I'm no prude, someone should have drawn the line that bit earlier by including fewer scenes of that nature. There is no on-screen chemistry between the two leads, a complete waste of time and effort. Some moments are quite gripping at times but there is also a good deal of monotony. Clint Eastwood is simply playing a slight variation on the Harry Callahan character. The only obvious difference, is that the film is set and filmed in New Orleans instead of San Francisco. It has been rumoured for many years that Eastwood took over the directing chores but didn't receive any credit for doing so. Most of the time, the police in "Tightrope" seem to be scratching their you-know-what rather than attempting to identify and capture the killer who is on the loose. A lesser entry from Clint Eastwood's distinguished career.

Scott LeBrun "Tightrope" is indicative of how veteran star Clint Eastwood has so often been willing to take chances with his film vehicles. Here Clint plays Wes Block, a New Orleans detective investigating the case of a sexual predator. The case gets more personal when both cop and killer realize that they're not so different. Wes, you see, does like to frequent after hours joints, and he's a known customer to some French Quarter ladies.While not altogether successful - it lacks the style and tension to make it something truly special - it is, at the least, a fairly interesting character study, of a character who's not squeaky clean. We see Wes' happy home life - he's a single father to two girls, and owner of several dogs - contrasting with the less appealing aspects of his existence. Writer / director Richard Tuggle, who'd scripted the earlier Clint vehicle "Escape from Alcatraz", does his best to give us a film that attempts to take a look at the "dark within all of us". There's even a line to that effect, spoken by a minor character played by Janet MacLachlan.We do see the psycho (character actor Marco St. John, "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning", "Thelma & Louise") in the act of stalking a woman right from the get go, so there's no mystery about what he looks like. That does put a crimp in the suspense.Clint does well in this unconventional hero role, doing solid work as always. He co-stars with his real life daughter Alison, and Jennifer Beck, as his kids, the typically excellent Dan Hedaya as his partner, and Genevieve Bujold as a tough talking counsellor at a rape centre, who naturally places herself in harms' way by becoming involved with Wes.Where the film is its strongest is in its depiction of N.O., capturing the night life in an American city known for its atmosphere.Not a great film by any means, but worth a look for Clint fans.Seven out of 10.

devesh pant Actually I have mixed feeling for this movie I watched this movie in 2016 and movie created in 80's.now after so many years technology has changed so many new things are came but one thing I really feel that this movie must have inspired lots of thriller suspense movies. I have watched so many latest movies in that guys who is solving the case started to loose there mind and believe that they are killer just like in this movie. I really believe that the movie must have inspired lots of director to create this kind of movies. So, film starts with rape and murder of a girl and Clint Eastwood is in charge of the case. He trying to solve the case as murderer thinks than he tried those things that murderer is doing. As he started to going in whorehouse doing sex with girl by handcuffing etc. like those things but after sometime those girls are also started getting killed. He actually got scared of murderer or sometime he think that he is murderer. In last his family also got attack by murderer. So, in the end of the movie he killed the murderer. Acting is very good but I am watching this old movie first time so it looks very slow and I already watched this story kind of movies. If you are fan of old movies I recommend this movie you should watch this movie.