Johnny Handsome
They changed his looks, his life and his future... but they couldn't change his past .
CrimeDramaThrillerprisonmaskindividualoperationrobberyrestartex-detaineenew orleans, louisiananew identityuglinessplastic surgery
A noir-tinged revenge thriller about a disfigured criminal who uses a second chance at life as a cover for calculated vengeance, exploring whether identity and past can truly be escaped.
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
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