Amazon.com video review:
Lurid thrillers don't get much more shameless than this movie,
in which Robert De Niro plays a pathological baseball fan whose
obsession is focused on a San Francisco Giants all-star outfielder
(Wesley Snipes). While the newly signed baseball star is having
trouble getting his favorite uniform number from a competitive
teammate (Benicio Del Toro), De Niro is having career troubles at the
knife company his father founded, and you can bet that his proximity
to high-quality stainless-steel blades will be a factor in the
suspenseful plot. Recycling parts of his maniacal roles in Taxi Driver,
The King of Comedy, and Cape Fear, De Niro takes his
idolatry to violent extremes, eliminating any obstacle to Snipes's
stardom until the baseball hero is forced to confront his most
terrifying devotee. Directed with brutal excess and souped-up style by
Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide),
this manipulative nail-biter pulls all the right strings in
predictable fashion, but it does have moments that are effectively
intense. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com video review:
Lurid thrillers don't get much more shameless than this movie,
in which Robert De Niro plays a pathological baseball fan whose
obsession is focused on a San Francisco Giants all-star outfielder
(Wesley Snipes). While the newly signed baseball star is having
trouble getting his favorite uniform number from a competitive
teammate (Benicio Del Toro), De Niro is having career troubles at the
knife company his father founded, and you can bet that his proximity
to high-quality stainless-steel blades will be a factor in the
suspenseful plot. Recycling parts of his maniacal roles in Taxi Driver,
The King of Comedy, and Cape Fear, De Niro takes his
idolatry to violent extremes, eliminating any obstacle to Snipes's
stardom until the baseball hero is forced to confront his most
terrifying devotee. Directed with brutal excess and souped-up style by
Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide),
this manipulative nail-biter pulls all the right strings in
predictable fashion, but it does have moments that are effectively
intense. --Jeff Shannon
