Actors: Patrick
Swayze, Helen Hunt, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Ben Stiller, Bill Paxton
Rating: 6 out of 10, It’s the red
necks versus the mafia as 1980s Swayze tries to straddle two worlds. He’s trying to make it as a Chicago cop while
dealing with his backwoods brothers.
When one of them gets knocked off by the mafia (including a very young
Stiller) he’s caught between his family’s backwoods code of eye for an eye and
the law. Neeson as a hillbilly is a real
stretch (didn’t know they had Irish accents).
The ending confrontation in a graveyard was typical 1980s subdued action
and angst. This movie was more of a vehicle
for Swayze to strut around looking cool with a pony tail and still kicking
ass. I really miss Dalton, always
thought he’d be bigger.
MVP: Swayze as Truman
Gates, 1980s action dude extraordinaire
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