Browser’s Magnificent Seven

Bad Influence 6.55pm beIN Movies Stars

A YUPPIE stockbroker is set upon by a bar-room bully until a sinister stranger comes to the rescue coolly wielding a broken bottle. This manipulative tough guy teaches our mild mannered hero how to enjoy himself, win battles at the office and make it with girls and then — the first dead body turns up.

Wimpish Michael Boll is played by James Spader and his benefactor Alex, a creepy analyst, is Rob Lowe. The stockbroker is suddenly having a great time, but has no idea what his mentor is letting him in for.

One critic compared it to the Hitchcock classic Strangers on a Train where two men agree to swap murders of difficult relatives. A difference here is that Michael was never told of the arrangement.

Directed in 1990 by Curtis Hanson who later masterminded the much admired cop thriller LA Confidential.

Critic Roger Ebert said: “The movie sneaks up on you, at first you are not even sure where it’s going. A creepy relationship between a born innocent and a stranger who changes accents and identities every night. A sombre introspective study.”

2003 melodrama. A love affair between Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo strains their marriages. 5.10pm beIN Movies Stars

The Brits Are Coming.

2018 crime caper. A con-artist couple try to settle debts by a jewel heist. With Uma Thurman and Tim Roth. 7pm beIN Movies Premier 2

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

2012 fantasy. Bilbo Baggins joins magician Gandalf on a perilous trip. With Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen. 8.45pm beIN Movies Stars

Mudbound.

2017 social drama. After World War Two, ex-soldiers cope with poverty and racism in Mississippi. With Carey Mulligan and Garrett Hedlund. 9pm beIN Movies Premier

Nick of Time.

1995 thriller. A businessman’s daughter is kidnapped and he is ordered to commit murder. With Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken. 9.40pm beIN Movies Action 2

The Specialist.

1994 thriller. Explosives expert Sylvester Stallone is asked by Sharon Stone to blow up Eric Roberts who killed her parents. 9.30pm beIN Movies Action