The Crying Game 

For some reason that I cannot remember I did not see The Crying Game when in was released in 1992. I decided to watch it last night. What I saw could best be called a masterpiece. It is a very special, powerful movie. Few movies reach the level of intensity as The Crying Game. It was nominated for a bunch of Oscars and won only one. I wonder why. It stars Forest Whitaker, and Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea.

The Crying Game begins in Northern Ireland, where an IRA team takes a British soldier named Jody (Whitaker) as prisoner. Among the team of terrorists is the quiet Fergus (Rea), and the seductive Jude (Richardson), who guard Jody in an isolated forest shelter. As Fergus guards Jody, the two converse and develop somewhat of a relationship. Jody knows that his tragic fate nears, and shows Fergus a photograph of his romantic interest, Dil (Jaye Davidson), who lives in London. Jody asks Fergus to find Dil and tell her his fate after he was shot. Things soon go badly when the kidnapping turns incredibly ugly. As a result Fergus leaves the IRA and flees to London.

With a new identity and a job where the boss constantly chews him out, Fergus (now known as Jimmy) seeks out Dil, who works as a hairdresser. Jimmy falls madly in love with Dil, hiding his part in the death of Jody. What Jimmy does not know is the Dil is hiding something major from him.

Jude, now brunette and dressed to kill, finds Fergus and forces him into a suicide mission. This draws Dil into the mix, and leads into a nasty situation when Dil finds out the connection between "Jimmy" and Jude.

I guess I have said too much but this is a movie that you want to see, not only for the story, but with the perfection in almost all aspects of this film.