The picture begins on a cold night. A truck enters a prison, the driver is searched. Two prisoners fight in a cell. This diversion allows an escape. The police are on the trail of this fugitive. Elsewhere two detectives find a fugitive in a fish factory. Then they are assigned to a new task force to find the escaped prisoner; he has a girlfriend in Seattle. They tap the telephone of this girlfriend and intercept the call from the fugitive. [Is this too easy?] Would a telephone repairman show up at night? The action seems to pad out the film and provide comic relief. [Is it believable? Is it funny?]

Complications arise from "Bill's" friendship with Maria and his need to hide his background. Then the action picks up on the highway. [Do the automobiles suggest product placement?] "Bill" confesses to Maria, and a new problem shows up for dramatic tension. [Couldn't they call for backup?] There is a final battle in a lumber mill, with the usual happy ending. "You saved my life." The credits thank Vancouver, British Columbia. It has a good plot, but the acting seems so-so. Some parts are not too credible. Is this a serious dram with comic relief, or a comedy with serious moments?

Wow another Madeleine Stowe movie! Richard Dreyfuss is getting too long in the tooth, but he does a great job, and Emilio Estevez is superb in his role, the other two bozo detectives are hilariously funny, but the end sort of drags out too long for what should have been a fairly quick resolution of the problem, but then again, directors and producers need to fill those minutes,

What a great, well written faced paced film. Classic style elements create moments of humor which lead into some very tense, heart-hammering thrills. This is a must see film for those who enjoy the work of Richard Dreyfuss and follow this genre of "cop-film". Well done and worth owning.

Richard Dreyfuss is excellent as a cop on a stakeout (along with partner Emilio Estevez) of pretty Madeleine Stowe (they have to watch her house through the night), and he falls in love with her. Before the movie is over there's a big car chase and an exciting climax in a lumber mill with a killer (Aidan Quinn). It's pretty standard fare for this kind of cop movie, but the script is above average - especially the dialogue - and Dreyfuss's performance is right on target. A very entertaining movie; definitely worth a watch.

Although the film lasted a bit longer than it should have been, I thought it was OK. I do think however the film would have been a lot more watchable if it hadn't been for Emilio Estevez's god awful weedy little mustache. How long did that take him to grow? A few months? Take it from me sweetie, it doesn't make you less baby-faced, it makes you stupid. And how about Madeleine Stowe? She was certainly the best bit about the movie, and for trivia fans, she also appeared in Little House On The Prairie. Good grief, now how do I know that? :)

I think the poster for this movie, is really fabulous, but corny as hell! I wasn't sure about Richard Dreyfuss, he was OK, but why did they have to make him fall in love with the pretty young lady? Hasn't that been done enough now? And it's predictable as hell. The practical jokes were hilarious though. Richard and Emilio were having a movie trivia contest on the set one day. Emilio asked Richard to identify the movie that the line "This is no boating accident" was from. He didn't recognize the quote, despite the fact that he was the actor who said it in Jaws. Deciding that this was too good to pass up, this incident was re-enacted for the film. Emilio & Richard actually work really well with each other, and are actually a lot of other "buddy cop" movies. At least they didn't do the old cop-near-retiring-taking-on-a-young-upstart. And is it just me, or does Emilio conveniently disappear for most of the second half?

I'm not keen on Aidan Quinn as the bad guy. It's just not him. And how BAD was his hair? At one point, he put on these shades, and I swear he changed into Rocky. Did anyone else notice this? The shades, the big hair.

OK, I know this review has turned out into more of a rant about the characters/actors, but it's still an alright movie.