Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.
Color of Night is a mid-90s erotic thriller that delivers on its trashy, campy promise with a lurid, over-the-top plot involving color blindness, secret identities, and a therapy group full of eccentrics. The plot is convoluted and full of holes, struggling to balance its erotic elements with its mystery thriller ambitions, ultimately collapsing under its own absurdity. Bruce Willis looks uncomfortable in the lead, and the supporting cast is broadly drawn to the point of caricature, though Jane March brings an otherworldly quality to her role. Cinematography is competent and occasionally stylish, making good use of California locations and using color symbolism deliberately. The film's novelty lies in its sheer audacity and the bizarre combination of psychological thriller and softcore erotica — it occupies a unique, almost surreal niche in 90s cinema that makes it memorable for all the wrong and right reasons. The ending is a muddled, unconvincing reveal that fails to tie together the film's tangled threads satisfyingly.