China Lake (1983)
- Directed by
- Robert Harmon
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 34 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A police officer loses his grip on sanity while on vacation near China Lake. He uses his motorcycle to stalk people he believes have slighted him and takes revenge.
tenseunsettlinggrimslow-burnbleakpsychologically darkminimalist
What happens
China Lake is a 1983 psychological thriller film starring Charles Napier as a deranged police officer who rides around on a motorbike "targeting" people that have offended him in some way while vacationing near the film's titular location of China Lake. The short film was directed by Robert Harmon, who funded this movie personally to promote himself as a director. In 1990, the film was made into a feature-length made-for-TV movie titled The China Lake Murders, which is considered to be a remake of this film rather than an actual sequel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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