Walter is approached by two gun men with Donna's jewelry but he turns the table on them. Soon the stodgy businessman Walter turns into a man of action without Chris' knowledge. His wife Donna travels to Paris but she goes missing.
His son Chris (Matt Dillon) repairs stock cars and doesn't get along with him. Walter Lloyd (Gene Hackman) runs a Dallas lumber company. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10 competent thriller but Chris annoys me
There are a couple of good car chases, explosions and some nice action bits but overall this film is a missed opportunity - for a good Paris-based thriller try either THE FRENCH CONNECTION II or RONIN, which do tend to make better use of scenery and help to emphasise Paris' claustrophobic architecture. The rest of the people are minor characters who are quite forgettable, especially the villains who get far too little screen time and aren't really that threatening anyway. Matt Dillon is well cast as his unlikely son who finds himself caught up in all sorts of espionage and intrigue. Hackman is as good as he ever was, a real tough guy and charismatic too. The plot falls apart and the sense of pacing which filled the first half of the film evaporates, instead boredom sets in. This has some fairly tense and exciting moments but it's let down by a plodding running time and, towards the end of the film, in the last half an hour, nothing really happens. This thriller sees former spy Gene Hackman running around Paris, meeting various contacts and battling a rather nasty enemy in the form of a man with glasses who doesn't think twice about bumping off those who stand in his way. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 4 / 10 Too boring to work as a thriller They are given good support by the rest of the cast. Hackman, Hunnicutt, and Dillon cast as a good family unit. He still has the moves and the instincts.īut the puzzle is that they're seem to be two groups, one who has the wife and Young life when he finds out that Hackman was in the CIA and that he has been living like he was in witness protection program.Īnd Hackman hasn't slowed up a bit. Hackman is a middle class conservative person who is rather staid and boring.Īmong those who see him that way is his son. Matt Dillon get a call from the French Consulate that Hunnicutt has gone missing Own, leaving husband and son somewhat at sea. Reviewed by bkoganbing 7 / 10 Dad was a spy?įor reasons not really explained Gayle Hunnicutt decides to go to Europe on her
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