Pacific Heights (1990)

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Country: USA
Genres: Thriller
Release: 1990-09-28
Director: John Schlesinger (I) (1926–2003)
Writers: Daniel Pyne
Language: English | Japanese
Stars: Melanie Griffith , Matthew Modine , Michael Keaton , Michael Keaton , Mako , Nobu McCarthy , Laurie Metcalf , Carl Lumbly , Dorian Harewood , Luca Bercovici , Tippi Hedren
Runtime: 102 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: पासिफिक हाइट्स (India) , Á Síðasta Snúning (Iceland) , Fremde Schatten (Germany) , Pasifik Tepeleri (Turkey) , De repente, un extraño (Spain) , O agnostos tou Pacific Heights (Greece) , Csendes terror (Hungary) , Pacific Heights (Japan) , Pacific Heights , Kohtalokas vuokralainen (Finland) , Fenêtre sur Pacifique (France, French Republic) , Fenêtre sur Pacifique (Canada) , En fremmed flytter ind (Denmark) , Жилец , Uno sconosciuto alla porta (Italy) , O anthropos tou Pacific Heights (Greece) , En fremmed banker på (Norway) , Fremde Schatten , Pacific Heights (Poland) , Fremde Schatten (Austria) , Ο άγνωστος του Πασίφικ Χάιτς (Greece) , Pacifik Hajts (Serbia) , Мешканець (Ukraine) , Pacific Heights (United Kingdom) , Pacific Heights (Australia) , Пасифик Хайтс (Bulgaria) , Ödesdiger hyresgäst (Finland) , 地獄來的房客 (Taiwan) , El inquilino (Peru) , El inquilino (Argentina) , Morando com o Perigo (Brazil) , Den objudna gästen (Sweden) , O Inquilino Misterioso (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Pacific Heights (Canada) , Pacific Heights - den objudne gästen (Sweden) , パシフィック・ハイツ (Japan) , Pacific Heights (United States of America)
Plot: San Franciscans Drake Goodman and Patty Palmer are taking their relationship to the next level not only by moving in together, but their new abode being a house they purchase. Despite it being slightly outside of their price range and only affordable to them in the right circumstances, they purchase a Victorian house in Pacific Heights. Those circumstances include making all the necessary renovations on their own, and immediately renting out the two suites on the main floor at a specific price point. While they rent out the rear one bedroom unit to the Watanabes without incident, outwardly wealthy Carter Hayes is able to manipulate his way into renting the front studio apartment, partly in promising to pay half a year's rent in advance. Drake and Patty eventually learn that Carter, whose money they do not receive, is in the "business" of causing havoc in such rental situations to ruin the owners financially, he being the tenant from hell. In Carter seemingly knowing how to manipulate the system to his benefit including the proverbial possession being nine-tenths of the law, Drake and Patty also learn from the police and Stephanie MacDonald, the property lawyer they hire to help evict Carter and who they cannot afford, that the law is on Carter's side, the process to get him out costly and time consuming. As the battle between Drake/Patty and Carter escalates, which also includes the Watanabes being caught in the crossfire, it becomes potentially deadly if either side crosses a breaking point.
IMDB:tt0100318