crime drama

Johnny Handsome is a 1989 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman.

international romantic thrillers

Johnny's signature combination, however, is international romantic thrillers.

Walter Hill's bluesymelancholic crime thriller

Walter Hill's bluesy, melancholic crime thriller Johnny Handsome is a grimy concoction of violent heists and brutal shootouts held together by a character study of facially deformed career criminal John Sedley (Mickey Rourke).

heavy metal

Johnny has played in different music genres including blues, rockabilly, rock, jazz and heavy metal.

indie/pop/rock/folk

Johnny has a unique and very distinctive vibrato voice with powerful falsetto; Johnny's style of music is indie/pop/rock/folk.

a modest yarn and a movie interested in lofty issues of fate and destiny and rehabilitation that holds up nicely three decades on largely because its visual and thematic aesthetic is based in the style and sensibility of classic noir and hardboiled 1950s fiction rather than the hideous fashions of the late 1980s, which were monstrous in their own right

Johnny Handsome is at once a modest yarn and a movie interested in lofty issues of fate and destiny and rehabilitation that holds up nicely three decades on largely because its visual and thematic aesthetic is based in the style and sensibility of classic noir and hardboiled 1950s fiction rather than the hideous fashions of the late 1980s, which were monstrous in their own right.

from the film noir envelope of the 1940s with characters who dwell in sourpuss crash pads and regard bars as their personal salons

Johnny Handsome emerges from the film noir envelope of the 1940s, out of movies with bleak streets and bitter laughter, with characters who dwell in sourpuss crash pads and regard bars as their personal salons.

a lurid, vulgar, B-movie pulp with panache

I mean that as high praise rather than criticism: Johnny Handsome is a lurid, vulgar, B-movie pulp with panache.

an excellent film that is true to the genre and spirit of Film Noir,Film Noir's dark,gritty and ugly

Johnny Handsome is an excellent film that is true to the genre and spirit of Film Noir,Film Noir's dark,gritty and ugly and the film works so well

an odd film in which Mickey Rourke (Angel Heart) plays a hideously deformed habitual criminal, given the chance to start afresh when a prison surgeon performs cosmetic surgery

Johnny Handsome (World 9.30pm, Original Running Time 94 minutes) is an odd film in which Mickey Rourke (Angel Heart) plays a hideously deformed habitual criminal, given the chance to start afresh when a prison surgeon performs cosmetic surgery.

mixture of traditional honky tonk

Johnny's style is mixture of traditional honky tonk with a healthy dose of punk rock rhythm, speed, and attitude.

in the western genre

Johnny’s craft spans a broad spectrum in the western genre, including novels, short stories, non-fiction tales and articles, as well as reviews, interviews, and photography.

The music that follows the game

The music that follows the game is a Johnny style of music.

an upbeat pop/rock/guitar/vocal with Johnny on lead guitar and vocal with Johnny's usual backup musicians and vocal

The music is an upbeat pop/rock/guitar/vocal with Johnny on lead guitar and vocal with Johnny's usual backup musicians and vocal.

progressive

Johnny's progressive sound is inspired by a mix of Americana, contemporary folk and roots, and a little jazzy swing, all flavored with family harmony and youthful energy.

country-rock with a melody that sticks to your mind

Johnny's music is country-rock with a melody that sticks to your mind.

into one that fuses modern folk rock with an innovative Irish twist

As the leader of highly successful traditional Irish sessions in the heart on NYC for over a decade, Johnny's musical style has flourished into one that fuses modern folk rock with an innovative Irish twist.

a little bit folk, a little bit bluegrass, and a whole lot of fun for the whole family

Johnny's music is a little bit folk, a little bit bluegrass, and a whole lot of fun for the whole family

Eschewing the frantic kitchen-sink production style favored by many of the groups under Johnny’s Entertainment

Eschewing the frantic kitchen-sink production style favored by many of the groups under Johnny’s Entertainment, the song opts for a straightforward, synth driven propulsion.