I watched this on video, I had seen it a while ago but did not recall most of the film (this should have given me an idea of its routine nature).
Having viewed the film again I found it to be a strictly routine effort all round. The direction, the acting are very average and the plot predictable throughout.
Kelly McGillis is possibly at her most attractive here and the film is worth catching if you are a fan of hers. Jeff Daniels is okay but there is no chemistry between the leads and the romantic subplot detracts from the film. Mandy Patinkin is the chief villain of the piece and the scene with him in the restaurant tipping ketchup on the table in an attempt to show his maniacal nature is truly ridiculous. The scene where Jeff Daniels is defusing the bomb and cannot decide which wire to cut was reminiscent of a similar scene from Lethal Weapon.
The storyline seemed watered down, so as to dispense of matters such as a decent plot. Instead the film opts for a more lightweight approach giving us an Agatha Christie type lead character that is caught snooping into top secret government business, the pace picks up but the film fails to grip the viewer in a way that creates tension or excitement. The ending was not bad but it all seemed like a straight to video movie that probably got released due to its star being in the box office hits Top Gun & Witness. This did not however prevent the movie from being a box office failure.
Having viewed the film again I found it to be a strictly routine effort all round. The direction, the acting are very average and the plot predictable throughout.
Kelly McGillis is possibly at her most attractive here and the film is worth catching if you are a fan of hers. Jeff Daniels is okay but there is no chemistry between the leads and the romantic subplot detracts from the film. Mandy Patinkin is the chief villain of the piece and the scene with him in the restaurant tipping ketchup on the table in an attempt to show his maniacal nature is truly ridiculous. The scene where Jeff Daniels is defusing the bomb and cannot decide which wire to cut was reminiscent of a similar scene from Lethal Weapon.
The storyline seemed watered down, so as to dispense of matters such as a decent plot. Instead the film opts for a more lightweight approach giving us an Agatha Christie type lead character that is caught snooping into top secret government business, the pace picks up but the film fails to grip the viewer in a way that creates tension or excitement. The ending was not bad but it all seemed like a straight to video movie that probably got released due to its star being in the box office hits Top Gun & Witness. This did not however prevent the movie from being a box office failure.