Fair Game (1995)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Andrew Sipes

Writers (WGA):

Paula Gosling (novel)
Charlie Fletcher (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a cop on the edge. She's a woman with a dangerous secret. And now they're both...

Plot:

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Animal | Mother | Flying | Villain

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

William Baldwin	...	Det. Max Kirkpatrick
Cindy Crawford	...	Kate McQuean
Steven Berkoff	...	Colonel Ilya Kazak
Christopher McDonald	...	Lieutenant Meyerson
Miguel Sandoval	...	Emilio Juantorena
Johann Carlo	...	Jodi Kirkpatrick
Salma Hayek	...	Rita
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Det. Louis Aragon
Olek Krupa	...	Zhukov
Jenette Goldstein	...	Rosa
Marc Macaulay	...	Navigator
Sonny Carl Davis	...	Baker
Frank Medrano	...	Graybera
Don Yesso	...	Beanpole
Paul Dillon	...	Hacker

MPAA:

Rated R for intermittent strong violence, language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34166) | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 (w) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Julianne Moore and Geena Davis were originally considered for the role of Kate McQueen.

Goofs:

Continuity: Open freight train door that Max prepares to leap through was closed in earlier shots.

Quotes:

[Rosa and Max are fighting on the beach. Rosa just kicked him in the groin]
Rosa: Ahh. Did that hurt you? Poor little baby. Let Mommy kick it for you and make it *better*!
[kicks him again]

Movie Connections:

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Brainless tosh, but quite good fun

Can Cindy Crawford act? Not really, but well enough to scream and run from one overblown action scene to another, taking the odd breather for showers (plural) and changes of clothes.

I kind of enjoyed this brainless tosh. Cinders looks great, adequately playing an uncompromising, smarty-pants attorney. Baldwin is the cop determined to guard her body when people start trying to kill her. He just about pulls off the hardass cop routine, but never really musters the enthusiasm to look like he's enjoying it.

The bad guys glower and plot, hunting the fleeing pair down with ruthless skill (and some rather suspect computer trickery), then cocking things up each time allowing them to escape. It's hugely violent, fast moving, loud, full of swearing etc., all the things you associate with nineties action fodder, and finishes off with a big enough bang. Don't expect much, and you shouldn't be disappointed.

Oh, and if you're wondering about nudity, Cindy does indeed ‘get them out for the lads', and Baldwin shows his butt.