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Summary: Great Film
Review: A Great film in every department.Great acting from Madsen and Woods whose Character fitted him Perfectly.Non Stop action which provides Great entertainment From the first minute to the very last.
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Summary: Anyone who likes this better than the Pekinpah is a moron.
Review: All the pretty people in this film. Even the Rudy character played by Michael Madsen. This is adapted from a Jim Thompson novel for cryin' out loud! These are supposed to be marginal characters, not fashion models. Though McQueen and McGraw were attractive (but check out McQueen's crummy prison haircut) they were believable in the role. Baldwin and Bassinger seem like movie stars trying to act like hard cases. Action wise, the robbery scene in the Pekinpah version was about 100 times more exciting and suspenseful than anything in this re-make.
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Summary: An absurd, unsurprising actioner that rips off the original
Review: Don't see this one if you've seen the original for two reasons. One, it is a near scene-for-scene reworking of the 1972 film and two, it's simply a bad movie. The only difference I noticed was that there was heated sexuality in this which only makes it crude and unpleasant (I don't remember the first one having as many--if any at all--suggestive scenes). Baldwin is acceptable in the lead but has nowhere near as much effortless charm or verve as Steve McQueen. Basinger is awful and makes Ali MacGraw (a rather untalented actress) look like Bette Davis. Skip it.
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Summary: Excellent... and Kim.... well wow!
Review: Great action film. Good DD 5.1 sound. And what can I say ... Basinger wow, not only is she beautiful she did a great job of acting in this flick. Baldwin was great. Lot's of shoot-em-up, chase scenes and action. My kind of movie and done in a mostly believable fashion. 4.5 Stars for this one! I wonder if Basinger did all of her own scenes... or had a double? Who really cares?
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Summary: Buy the original
Review: I can't imagine the size of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin's ego's when they thought to remake a Steve McQueen classic. Remake a film with a good story, that was produced poorly. Not the case in the original. This remake is 2 hours of the actors mugging for the camera, it's unwatchable.
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Summary: An Extremely Underrated Movie
Review: I have always thought this movie has never received the credit that it deserved. I bought the DVD and compared it to the Pan and Scan VHS tape that I own, and it is amazing how much more of the movie you can view with the widescreen DVD. The reason that I took off a star is because it contains no extras except for a trailer. I would have loved to hear some commentary from Alec Baldwin or something. The original was horrible for the following reasons. 1. James Woods vs. some old fat guy. In the original, Binion was played by this old, fat, hairy, coke bottle glasses wearing loser with zero charisma that in no right mind would a woman ever consider sleeping with. James woods is great in every movie he has been in. 2. Michael Madsen vs. "Salazzo" from the Godfather. Michael Madsen's performance is a classic. In the original, "Salazzo" [while great in The Godafather] looks like some fat 70's porn star. 3. Alec Baldwin vs. Steve McQueen. McQueen, while not a bad actor, is a little quiet and dull. Baldwin has great screen presence and charisma. 4. Jennifer Tilly vs. Sally Strouthers. Nuff' said. 5. The final gun battle in the remake is absolutely incredible.
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Summary: Lots of Gore and a Dash of Mushy sex
Review: I never saw the original movie with Steve McQueen, so I cannot judge the Alec Baldwin version on a comparative basis. I read the professional Leonard Maltin review first before watching the DVD version and felt that Maltin went over the top in condemning this version. I would put it in the great "silly movie" genre (if there is such a thing). The appropriate title for this movie should have been "Against All Odds" if that title had not already been used in a much inferior action movie (starring Jeff Bridges and James Woods).
Like silly action films this is not a movie to be taken too seriously and it is certainly not a classic. However, the cast is well chosen for the roles and the acting is superb. I have seen James Wood in much better movie roles than the one he accepted here but he came over very nicely as the ice cold bastard. The action was continuous with ample gore and a few bits of titillating steamy sex thrown in which can only be described as pretty innocent "mushy" porn. Only the most prudish critics would object, I've seen steamier sex in some ordinary commercials and local soap operas aired on regular Greek TV channels. This is not a sex film it is mayhem with a few funny bits thrown in such as the plight of the heroic couple when they find themselves inside a garbage disposal truck. There are plenty of twists and turns in the movie. It's object was to entertain and amuse us in this far from amusing world of today. In this regard it succeeded.
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Summary: Good remake
Review: I thought this was a good remake that was actually better than it's predecessor.Michael Madsen was hilarious as Rudy a compulsive bank robber who is after Baldwin.
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Summary: Excellemt movie
Review: I've just watched " The Getaway" on TV in my home at Hong Kong. This film is not only intriguing, but also extremly exciting! There isn't a single mintue that you'll feel your time be wasted watching the movie. I just want to say every aspect of the film will not disappoint you. The reason why the movie is not well-known perhaps because the casting stars are not famous enough. Its always like that. To me, all the casting stars are marvellous, story intriguing, the scene exciting, the film song perfect. I'll give it 4.5 star.
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Summary: Good, but not great!
Review: I've never seen the original version of this film, so I have nothing to compare it to. Most of the reviews here are pretty good, but the reviewers weren't kind when it first came out in 1994. I thought the acting by Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin was very good in this. Michael Madsen usually plays these same kind of characters all of the time, but he was actually enjoyable here. I loved that Kim's character more than held her own here and got very violent like everybody else. I can't stand when female characters always have to be saved in action films. The camerawork & pacing is excellent in this film also. My main problem with this film is the story itself. It starts out pretty good for like the first 45 minutes, then starts to get kinda silly once Jennifer Tilly's character shows up. I kept asking myself why would some of the characters do something so dumb thoughtout the movie. I also was able to predict almost everything that happened. That was probably because they had alot of actors who always play bad guys like: James Wood, Michael Madsen, David Morse, and even Alec himself. Note to directors out there, "quit hiring the same actors to play your bad guys all of the time, its starting to get annoying." I just never bought that the guy, who Jennifer's character was married to, ever had a chance of ever getting her. And I know women like bad guys, but I just never bought that she could easily watch Michaels character abuse her husband of 2 years like she did. The action in this film is pretty good I must admit though. Forget about the plot, watch this film for the action and the performances by Kim, Alec, and Michael. Kim's sensual scenes with Alec will have you pausing and hitting the review button alot. It must have been very cold the day they were shooting them, thats all I'll say on it.
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