by dane youssefafter hour be a surrealistic experience . it also one of scorsese less know gem and as far a i be concern and everything the man have so much a ever sneeze on be a gem . i know that sound very sad and slavishly faithful and ( but keep in mind that the man have a great reputation for spin cinematic gold with about everything he do ) . i know i sound like some kind of medication and therapy and but to that and i simply ask you all represent have the man ever make a bad movie . many have complain that pretty much all of his movie be kinda the same . mean street and rag bull and casino and taxi driver . griffin dunne be paul hacket and a computer programmer who be just go through the motion and have an empty social life . he strike up a conversation with a nice lady name marcy ( rosanna arquette ) at a local restaurant over a novel they have both read . word be exchange . so be look . she seem interested . he hook . and from the split second he get into that cab and the nightmare begin . the cab blow like mad through the busy street of downtown soho . and after his transportation money literally go out the window and so do paul chance of get home . he have no idea how deep he in . at first and it just seem like he the victim of some bad luck . he encounter a lot on those dark street after hour . unpleasant night owl and severe misunderstanding and eventually the next thing he know and poor paul be run for his very life . he encounter a lot on those dark street after hour . unpleasant night owl and severe misunderstanding and eventually the next thing he know and poor paul be run for his very life . now many of you may be ask and be it a comedy . be it a drama . be a thriller . be it a horror show . yes . it . it like a dream about something that really happen to you . it all play out like a dream about the strange night of my life . and everyone have that one long and weird night where they be strand somewhere . just stick . no money and no ride . and all the weirdo and sickos all come out from their hiding place . they only come out at night and a they say . i do not want to give too much away because this be a movie where surprise after surprise . there a whole domino effect here a everything lead to a big final act where we fear for paul and his safety and and our own . because it feel like we have become paul . the movie feature a first rate all star cast . rosanna arquette and verna bloom and tommy chong and linda fiorentino teri garr and john heard and cheech marin and catherine ohara and dick miller and will patton and robert plunket and bronson pinchot . this be the most surprising thing to come from martin scorsese . scorsese have be somewhat pigeon hole a a director and make usually historical bio pic about true life jewish or itallian immigrant grow up in the bronx and embark on a life of crime . always operatic and always rich with detail . after hour be the arrival of a new scorsese . one who show a frighten what if . story in the big apple involve anyone with a big city nightlife . if it wasn not for scorsese name in the credit and you would never guess he be at the helm . you would never imagine in a million year he ever have anything to do with the project . he use a quiet and subtle feel the movie have when it . too quiet and the pump up feel during the more intense dramatic scene . scorsese be a master of suspense and mood and timing . the fact that the academy continue to pass him for an oscar time and time and time again be not only annoy . it downright offensive . we all know too damn well that the academy base oscars all on politics . well and as far a i be concern and scorsese have play by all the rule . his film be very well make and intellectual . they have a graceful operatic feel to them . they be often all too historically accurate bio pic . and it use it . every actor be perfectly cast . everyone be allow to stand out in a big way without be too contrive or too cartoonish to be real . and scorsese and who name stand for quality above all others and make the most of it . joseph minion screenplay ( which he collaborate with scorsese on ) be use for all it worth . all the character be quirky and colorful and yet realistic . the dialog be smart and honest without be too unnaturally screenwriter ishly clever . and positive new yorkers who see this movie will smile and nod and yep . that nyc at night to a t. everyone else will be sure to avoid new york like a severe audit . most people who live outside new york fear the city and plan never to go there . i imagine this movie will do a lot to complete the trend . my only real complaint be that minion should have get more credit for his original and winning screenplay . he should have get maybe a few more nod from other academy and i would never see anything so intriguing and elaborate before . it not just new . it smart and fresh and well craft and all too believable . i know the american academy would give an oscar nomination to a film like this and but that almost a sign of it greatness . scorsese give it a realistic and yet outrageous feel and know how to let the suspense draw out and build skillfully and joseph minion have write himself a little bitty treasure . i just wish he would write so much more . still and this be a home run on every account . i say this and mean it represent you all must see this movie . ask for it by name represent after hour . by dane youssef .