The stage curtains open ...
Kirkpatrick: "Come on ... I'm off duty." Lieutenant Meyerson: "Eh, you're lucky. You work my shift, it's like the toilet. It ain't over 'til the paperwork's done."
"Fair Game" (1995) starring William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford, is your typical mindless, action/thriller fare that was the standard of 1990's cinema. We get style over substance with bad acting, cars that explode on impact, bullets whizzing through the air, and near escapes. The plot was subpar, just interesting enough to get the job done. And it features the woman who made having a mole on your face sexy, in a role that is defined as 'all this and brains too' - though I wasn't really convinced with the brains part of the character. And yet, despite all of this, I liked the movie.
When a Miami lawyer, Kate McQuean (Crawford) survives what appears to be a random shooting - taking some shattered glass to the arm, she is brought down to a police station for questioning where she meets Detective Kirkpatrick (Baldwin). She leaves without signing his form, so he is sent to her residence to collect it when the top floor to her home bursts into flame and she is sent flying into some nearby water. A gunman tries to finish the job, but Kirkpatrick scares him away and saves her life. From that point on, they are mercilessly pursued by a terrorist team with little to go on and with more questions than answers. Together, they work to solve the puzzle and put an end to the nightmare.
I saw this when it first came out in my mid-20's, and I remember thinking that it probably wasn't going to be that good. After I watched it though, I was left thinking that it was better than I thought it was going to be. Cindy Crawford did a great job looking like she was really trying to act. She did give the effort, but, she tried to be in character instead of actually being the character. Famed Author, Elmore Leonard, once said, 'If it sounds like writing, rewrite it". In this case, if it looks like you're acting, your not doing a very good job of it.
This movie gets everything else down okay though ... the slow motion running and jumping with everything exploding around them, the hot and saucy sex scene, a formidable opponent who is always one step behind them, tons of gunfire and fast-paced action, and the obligatory shout of frustration from the bad guy at the end who has been foiled - "NOOOOOOO!" Yes, this movie was pretty bad and very predictable, but I STILL liked it. Maybe for sentimental reasons, or maybe because I'm a sucker for movies like this. I have rated it at 7 stars out of 10.
Kirkpatrick: "Come on ... I'm off duty." Lieutenant Meyerson: "Eh, you're lucky. You work my shift, it's like the toilet. It ain't over 'til the paperwork's done."
"Fair Game" (1995) starring William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford, is your typical mindless, action/thriller fare that was the standard of 1990's cinema. We get style over substance with bad acting, cars that explode on impact, bullets whizzing through the air, and near escapes. The plot was subpar, just interesting enough to get the job done. And it features the woman who made having a mole on your face sexy, in a role that is defined as 'all this and brains too' - though I wasn't really convinced with the brains part of the character. And yet, despite all of this, I liked the movie.
When a Miami lawyer, Kate McQuean (Crawford) survives what appears to be a random shooting - taking some shattered glass to the arm, she is brought down to a police station for questioning where she meets Detective Kirkpatrick (Baldwin). She leaves without signing his form, so he is sent to her residence to collect it when the top floor to her home bursts into flame and she is sent flying into some nearby water. A gunman tries to finish the job, but Kirkpatrick scares him away and saves her life. From that point on, they are mercilessly pursued by a terrorist team with little to go on and with more questions than answers. Together, they work to solve the puzzle and put an end to the nightmare.
I saw this when it first came out in my mid-20's, and I remember thinking that it probably wasn't going to be that good. After I watched it though, I was left thinking that it was better than I thought it was going to be. Cindy Crawford did a great job looking like she was really trying to act. She did give the effort, but, she tried to be in character instead of actually being the character. Famed Author, Elmore Leonard, once said, 'If it sounds like writing, rewrite it". In this case, if it looks like you're acting, your not doing a very good job of it.
This movie gets everything else down okay though ... the slow motion running and jumping with everything exploding around them, the hot and saucy sex scene, a formidable opponent who is always one step behind them, tons of gunfire and fast-paced action, and the obligatory shout of frustration from the bad guy at the end who has been foiled - "NOOOOOOO!" Yes, this movie was pretty bad and very predictable, but I STILL liked it. Maybe for sentimental reasons, or maybe because I'm a sucker for movies like this. I have rated it at 7 stars out of 10.