Ridley Scott's romantic thriller stars Mimi Rogers as ravishing New York socialite Claire Gregory and Tom Berenger as blue-collar police detective Mike Keegan. After Claire witnesses a high-profile murder, Mike is among the rotating group of detectives assigned to protect her.The simple, straightforward cop is awed both by .. Read more
| Starring | Tom Berenger, Jerry Orbach, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco |
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| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Ridley Scott's romantic thriller stars Mimi Rogers as ravishing New York socialite Claire Gregory and Tom Berenger as blue-collar police detective Mike Keegan. After Claire witnesses a high-profile murder, Mike is among the rotating group of detectives assigned to protect her.The simple, straightforward cop is awed both by Claire's beauty and by the endless rooms of her lavish apartment. A quiet attraction develops between the two, but neither of these otherwise committed people is willing to act on it. However, the detective's wife, Ellie (Lorraine Bracco), realizes what's happening and reacts accordingly. When Mike accompanies Claire to a museum benefit one evening, the killer, Joey Venza (Andreas Katsulas), confronts her in the ladies' room. He threatens to kill her if she identifies him in a police line-up the next day and then turns himself in to the police. Although she goes through with the identification, Venza is released on a technicality, and Claire nows needs protection more than ever. Bracco is wonderful as the cop's spirited wife.
| Starring | Tom Berenger, Jerry Orbach, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, John Rubinstein |
|---|---|
| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, French, Spanish, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1987 To Rent: DVD: 08 Nov 2004 |
"...A stylish and romantic police thriller....Berenger carries the film handily....Rogers is alluring....Bracco is fully sympathetic..."
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Stylish, but showing it's age
Tom Berenger turns in a good performance as an impressionable cop who has his head turned by the beautiful female witness he is assigned to protect. His wife (... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Very dated.
This is one of those movies that probably looked awesome back in 97 but in 2012 looks very dated. And not just cox it's old; p. e 'Silence of the lambs... read more »
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Stylishly Top Notch Thriller
This was bound to feel a little dated, and after all it is nearly a quarter of a century old now, but I found it an immensely enjoyable and extremely stylish ... read more »
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Stylish, Sensual Sentinal.
This is obviously Ridley Scott proving that he can do a thrilling film noir without the Sci Fi support.
Good production values, an excellent cast and... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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