eric bogosian give as great a performance a you will ever see in an oliver stone film . his barry character be an assault rifle disguise a a man and he blow away anyone and on or off the air and that offend him . adapt from bogosian stage play and talk radio be a vicious and frightening ride that doesn not let you off until it too late . by then and you have become familiar with the fringe of racist and rapist and paranoid and wannabe assassin and mere prank caller who listen and speak and lurk in the dark of dallas night . stone behave himself and if that even possible and let bogosian dominate every scene and from barry humble beginning to the make or break point when his radio show can reach national syndication . the rest of the cast be uniformly excellent a the lover and or or co worker that all have be use and toss aside by barry in common . the only thing i would change be the recur theme music and bad to the bone . i would have use bachman turner overdrive not fragile . a good song and one i haven not hear in a film so far and a driving and relentless tune whose ominous riff be like the true soundtrack to barry life . listen if you dare .