The Razor’s Edge (1984)

1980s Bill Murray being in this film is just odd. It’s as if Peter Venkman or Frank Cross was inserted into an Ivory and Merchant piece. At the time, he just didn’t have the acting chops, and perhaps the director didn’t know how to guide him, for the performance. He’s not the only off part of the production though. I didn’t realize I’d miss W. Somerset Maugham being a character in the story until he was missing and there wasn’t a good thread holding the various stories together. I’m not a huge fan of the original, but definitely appreciate it more than this version. That film got right into Larry Darnell’s transition, while this one spends a lot of its early parts on the war and explaining why he felt the need.