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This had to have been one of the best films of 1998. I remember seeing it in the theatres when it was released and marveled at the storyline and the director's take on Elmore Leonard's book of the same name. What I really liked was the extra continuity that was put into this film. Seeing Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette was incredible. I was so shocked at the time! Because Keaton was unbilled in the opening and closing credits, I was pleasantly surprised by his appearance as the same character and remembered him from 1997's Jackie Brown. That is one of the only times in movie history where a character was played by the same actor in two different productions.
This movie was a fantastic star vehicle for both Clooney and Lopez! Their chemistry was fantastic! The scene in the trunk of that car was one for the ages! Seeing it again on last night for the first time since 1998 brought back so many memories of yesteryear. Each scene led to another scene and then another which built a phenomenal movie. I just don't understand why it did not do well domestically? Perhaps it was when it was released. Had it been released from January thru April I believe the film would have garnered major bucks as well as critical accolades. Because it is because of the critics that this film is remembered.
The supporting cast was top notch as well. Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Albert Brooks (Whom I Did Not Recognize At The Time) and of course the late great Dennis Farina (God Rest His Soul) rounded out one of the best ensembles I've ever seen. I don't want to forget Nancy Allen, the hot sexpot of the 1980s who still had a body to die for in the late 1990s. I'd forgotten that she was in that movie.
The love scene Lopez and Clooney had together was one of the best I've ever seen. Soderbergh filmed it perfectly and while not over the top it still made you realize that the two had sex at least three times that cold night in Detroit. Then came the obligatory guilt that all women have after sex. Foley handled Sisco's anger perfectly. He did not berate or get angry at her; nor was he dismissive. He simply explained to her how he was drawn to her while telling her (Not In These Words Per Se) that she was not some "score or trick" that he had picked up. I liked the earlier analogy of two people who make eye contact on the street and subsequently pass one another and wonder what could have been. But Clooney's character Foley was wise not to anger Karen Sisco. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. In the end of the movie Lopez's character, Sisco, very easily could have put the bullet in Foleys zipper instead of his leg. Then she might have hooked him up with a savage predator. By soothing Sisco's guilt and ego he assuaged her spirit which would only help him by the end of the story. Instead of experiencing a woman's revenge, Clooney experiences her mercy.
I plan to finish the extras on the DVD later on today. But what I did see enamored me more with this film. Soderbergh's interview was quite interesting. But in the DVD he seems to fib when he says that there were many co-stars that were screened but only Jennifer Lopez was considered because: "Something in Lopez pushed him" [George Clooney]. That part is true but from what I read in Wikipedia, Sandra Bullock was considered for the role but did ultimately did not get it because they did not have the right chemistry for Elmore Leonard's movie. Leonard too is a man that is missed. His crime writing is said to be some of the best out there. I'm a reader and I need to read more of his works.
To all the naysayers out there I challenge you to see this movie again. If the first scene in Miami at SE 7th Street does not get you into the movie, nothing will. That was a great beginning to the movie. I'll never forget it. I only wish there had been a sequel to this movie. Jack Foley and his character garnered another look.
This is the 299th overall review of Out of Sight and the 180th Five Star review. Buy this movie on DVD and you will not regret it.
A. Nathaniel Wallace, Jr.
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