Fair Game (1995)

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Movie
German title Fair game
Original title Fair game
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1995
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Andrew Sipes
script Charlie Fletcher
production Thomas M. Hammel ,
Alan Schechter ,
Joel Silver
music Mark Mancina
camera Richard Bowen
cut David Finfer ,
Steven Kemper ,
Christian Wagner
occupation

Fair Game is a 1995 action film starring Cindy Crawford and William Baldwin .

action

Lawyer Kate McQueen lives in Miami and gets in the way of a group of former KGB agents led by Ilya Kazak who want to tap an underwater cable with a high-tech ship and steal a large sum of money. McQueen is hunted by the gangsters and initially survived two attacks, as a result of which she is protected by policeman Max Kirkpatrick. But the gangsters pursue the two fugitives who can be tracked down again and again through phone calls, credit cards and infiltration of the police. During the escape there are always fights with the gangsters, from which the fleeing couple can barely escape.

Max Kirkpatrick is supported by his cousin Rita, who is employed by the police, in finding the background to the attacks. This is tracked down by the gangsters and - just like all his colleagues and friends in the police - murdered. Kazak leaves a cynical message on the answering machine in which he advises contacting a medium if one wants to speak to the killed woman.

In the course of the escape, Kirkpatrick and McQueen get closer, but are found again by the pursuers and McQueen is kidnapped. Kirkpatrick escapes and obtains information about the ongoing operation on the underwater cable from a killed pursuer.

McQueen is dragged onto the boat from which the underwater cable is to be tapped off the American coast and learns that she got in the way of the gangsters' plans through a seemingly harmless divorce case. Kirkpatrick gets on the criminals' boat; he and McQueen escape the pursuit of the boat's self-destruction by a bomb after a fight with the masterminds.

background

The script is based on a novel by Paula Gosling , which was filmed as Die City-Cobra in 1986 with Sylvester Stallone .

Production costs were estimated at 50 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 11.5 million in US cinemas.

Reviews

James Berardinelli criticized the plot on movie-reviews.colossus.net as "idiotic", but praised the choreography of the action scenes. He said people who "mistakenly" bought the cinema tickets would yell "Foul!" After leaving the cinema.

Roger Ebert praised Cindy Crawford's stunts and charm in the November 3, 1995 Chicago Sun-Times .

“As sure as one assassination attempt, one cliché follows the next. Direction and screenplay rely on the most common ingredients of related productions and the sex appeal of a supermodel. Dialogues and stories in particular (involuntarily) create the impression of a parody. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

The film earned Cindy Crawford and William Baldwin three Golden Raspberry nominations in 1996 - Worst Actress , Worst Newcomer, and Worst Screen Couple .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Box office / business for fair game
  2. ↑ Film review by James Berardinelli
  3. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert
  4. ↑ Fair Game. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used