Blackout, The

VHS, R, 99 minutes, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Mega movie star Matty (Matthew Modine) has it all: fame, fortune and a gorgeous fiance, Annie (Beatrice Dalle). While in Miami Beach, Matty and Annie plunge deep into its steamy underground nightlife with their thrill-seeking voyeuristic friend Mickey (Dennis Hopper). Matty's excesses get the better of him, and when Annie reveals a shocking secret, he leaves her, descending into a self-destructive, narcotic frenzy which ends with a mysterious blackout. Eighteen months later, Matty and his new girlfriend Susan (Claudia Schiffer) celebrate his year of sobriety. But as bizarre images from his black night continue to haunt him, Matty is drawn back to the bottle and dizzying nightlife of South Beach to unlock the riddle of his missing night. Abel Ferrara's "The Blackout" - a steamy look at behind-the-scenes Hollywood and what happens when the lights go down - is his most controversial film to date. Filmography, Trailers.