Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Walken, Lorraine Bracco, Miguel Ferrer, Martin Donovan, James McDaniel
• Directors: John Flynn
• Writers: Craig Smith
• Producers: David Lancaster, Donald L. Gold, Frederick Schneier
• Format: Color, EP, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: June 15, 1994
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302864844
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,444 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars first impressions can be deceiving, February 17, 2001

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Peter Shelley "petershelley" (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scam [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For about 3/4's of it's running time, this drama remains interesting because of the acting of Christopher Walken and Lorraine Bracco. Walken can be a supreme mannerist but here he is simple and direct, whilst this performance made me re-evaluate my previous dismissive attitude towards Bracco. In spite of a tendency to use a Melanie Griffith slow vocal style, and photographed unflatteringly, she displays considerable technique, and now I'm keen to explore her back catalogue. There is a natural exhaustion factor in stories about the con game, since it builds on one-upmanship, and a succession of betrayals and plot twists eventually overturn the good feeling created by screenwriter Craig Smith, adapting his own novel Ladystinger. Apart from his control of the actors, director John Flynn doesn't go for any stylistic choices, though a decapitation seems appropriate for the Jamaican locale. Even with a subplot about crossing the mob, the film's tone doesn't qualify it as a thriller, since the leads never feel genuinely at risk, and it's not violent enough to be called an action pic either. And as with the spiralling stings, it has about 2 endings too many, which ultimately is unsatisfying. Martin Donovan is feaured in a supporting role as a computer geek though has little material to work with.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars {Great}, September 17, 2002

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Lizalu (Brooklyn NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scam [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the best movie I've seen this year//The plot is great and the movie keeps your interest the whole time watching//Surprise ending A+++++++++++

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How do I get this on DVD? ron rivchin jessica simpson megan fox, March 16, 2010

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Ron Rivchin "Ron Rivchin" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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I can't find this film anywhere. Does anybody know where to get a DVD copy? I like the carribean backdrop and Walken is amazing.