Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Walken, Lorraine Bracco, Miguel Ferrer, Martin Donovan (II), James McDaniel
• Directors: John Flynn
• Format: Color, EP, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Media Home Video
• VHS Release Date: June 15, 1994
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302864844
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,983 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Peter Shelley "petershelley" (Marrickville, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Lizalu (Brooklyn NY) - See all my reviews

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+++++++++++