Synopsis
Bad Influence (1990) is an American psychological thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Curtis Hanson — who would later make L.A. Confidential — the film is a tighter, more intimate study of how completely a stranger can dismantle someone's life. James Spader and Rob Lowe star.
Michael is a passive young executive about to get beaten up in a bar by a jealous ex's boyfriend. Alex steps in. Handsome, fearless, operating outside every rule Michael has ever followed. One night at an underground club turns into something Michael can't walk back from. Spader plays a man surrendering to an influence he doesn't fully understand — and the film makes that surrender feel recognizable rather than stupid.
David Duchovny appears in a supporting role. Hanson uses the thriller mechanics to ask something more uncomfortable: how much of what Alex does does Michael actually want? Stream Bad Influence (1990) online on iFILM.
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