Sadly Over-hyped

Excellent but underrated film

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

When you see the errors that the eventual antagonist permits himself, you begin to doubt that he is a cool, calculating assassin after all. I expected better by him as a first-rate actor. I understand the thread of the movie, but some logic lacks. Nonetheless, you'll have to see it for yourself to believe me. This will not take away from the fact that I am a big fan of Mark Harmon. I liked him better in his portrayal of Ted Bundy. At least it was believable - not merely because it was fact-based, but at least he had a more intelligent character. However, a more understandable end takes place, in spite of the antagonist's intelligence flaws (or maybe he was guided by love instead of instinct; I don't know), but in the end morality takes precedence over logic. That at least I can admire.

It appals me (having worked as a rewrite man at MGM back in the 60's) how some of today's films ever get produced. Poor scripts seem to be the rule, plus in the case of this disaster, poor direction, an unattractive and inept cast, and pacing that rivals a snail's pace. Dear Gussie, is it any wonder that many of us over-50's are staying home and reading a book instead of wasting time watching trashy contemporary attempts at film. There's only one blessing in this film: there are no special effects.

Standard B-movie fare. But strangely watchable. Caroline Goodall is kinda babe-like.....and the plot has a decent enough twist. Gotta wonder, is Goodall the sister of Jane Goodall of chimpanzee research fame? Looks similar. But her sister picked chimps better than Caroline picks men. 5/10. Just barely worth renting on video if you have seen everything else.

Predictable but fairly well-made battered wife movie. Mark Harmon has a nice touch of menace to his character. The beginning of the movie takes away all tension at the end by basically showing the results of the climatic scene. I liked Michael Beach as the cop. He just projected a very good-guy quality.