Product Details

• Actors: Robert Sean Leonard, Dennis Haysbert, Natasha Henstridge, Keith Carradine, Paul Scherrer
• Directors: Andrew Chapman
• Writers: Andrew Chapman
• Producers: Dan Stone, Jay Polstein, Julio Caro, Lisa Zimble, Mark Amin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573623679
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,878 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars challenging and rewarding, May 11, 2002

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manny rosen (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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

Obviously a work of love and hard work, this movie puts the viewer in the belly of the beast. Like any work of true art, each individual will appreciate it on a different level. It is a truly unpredictable whodunnit, an action movie and to me as a mental health professional, an allegory about the heartbreak and upheaval of what happens when a "family" turns on itself...be it a cult, law enforcement, or buddy unit.
Hats off to Andrew Chapman for writing deeply in a genre that rewards slick superficiality.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very unusual film. Not your typical potboiler., April 7, 1999

By A Customer

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

This movie is kind of like 10 LITTLE INDIANS. Someone told me that this movie is, "Taut, but not derivative." I must agree. Watch for a suprisingly wonderful performance from Natasha Henstridge. While this movie does have guns and girls - it is really a wonderful look at what it means to be a heroe. I hope that the director - Andrew Chapman does more movies. I'll be first in line!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The innocence of heroism vs. the realities of life, June 16, 1999

By A Customer

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

Standoff can be read both as a parody of virtue and as a philosophical look at multi-sided conflicts. Despite the fact that only one main location was used throughout the film, one hardly gets bored watching it thanks to the concrete and cunning narrative. It may not be a masterpiece of cinematography, but the kind of characterisation it depends on is one hard to find in today's cinema. Standoff is "Reservoir Dogs" meets "Seven" meets "The Untouchables"; and what makes it different is that it underlines the inevitable dissapointments awaiting innocence and idealism while awaking a long-forgotten kind of heroism in the personality of a real-life Luke Skywalker.