This isn't a very good movie. The plot is not held together very well at all. There are ridiculous, supposed action scenes, i.e. escaping from the warehouse with 5 seconds to go in the forklift. The ending is bad because they utilize one of the cheapest wrap up tricks out there, the late-entry bad guy. I cant stand late-entry characters who end up being the main antagonists. T.V. shows do this a lot, I assume due to their time constraints and cookie cutter formula adherence. Thats what this movie reminded me of, a television show, almost like Moonlighting in a different light.
The movie does have good acting; and it hardly couldn't, it has an excellent cast. The good actors were part of the directors problem I think though with making this film. He kept inserting scenes which assumed we loved these actors so much that we wanna see them do all this schmaltzy stuff, like Redford tapping around his apartment or underwear dancing to Fred Astair, come on now! I've always liked Winger too, but once again I think the director thought she was such a vaunted actress (in 1985-1986) that we would be interested in her vigorously ironing clothes or we would find it cute because "she cant drive but she is sure learning fast!". Hannah was annoying, but I think its more that her character was annoying. She was strangely promiscuous, she practice that weird and dated performance art, and she was doing uncool things like showing up uninvited at peoples apartments then walking into their bedrooms while they are changing. She was at the height of her beauty though, its a shame she had to suffer through those awful shoulder pad trench coats, and black leggings under huge sweaters of the eighties. The rest of the supporting cast Stamp, Deheny, and Hill all played their poorly written parts as well as they could.
Not the worst thing out of the eighties, and worth a look at what was a big star vehicle of the time. Watch this film if it comes on and nothing else is.
The movie does have good acting; and it hardly couldn't, it has an excellent cast. The good actors were part of the directors problem I think though with making this film. He kept inserting scenes which assumed we loved these actors so much that we wanna see them do all this schmaltzy stuff, like Redford tapping around his apartment or underwear dancing to Fred Astair, come on now! I've always liked Winger too, but once again I think the director thought she was such a vaunted actress (in 1985-1986) that we would be interested in her vigorously ironing clothes or we would find it cute because "she cant drive but she is sure learning fast!". Hannah was annoying, but I think its more that her character was annoying. She was strangely promiscuous, she practice that weird and dated performance art, and she was doing uncool things like showing up uninvited at peoples apartments then walking into their bedrooms while they are changing. She was at the height of her beauty though, its a shame she had to suffer through those awful shoulder pad trench coats, and black leggings under huge sweaters of the eighties. The rest of the supporting cast Stamp, Deheny, and Hill all played their poorly written parts as well as they could.
Not the worst thing out of the eighties, and worth a look at what was a big star vehicle of the time. Watch this film if it comes on and nothing else is.