DIRECTED BY:
Simon WestWRITTEN BY:
Christopher Bertolini
William Goldman
NOVEL BY:
Nelson DeMille
CAST:
John Travolta
Madeleine Stowe
James Cromwell
James Woods
Timothy Hutton
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This well
acted murder mystery with powerful sexual undertones is worth seeing. John Travolta may
have re-emerged as one of the more powerful leading men, but here he proves again that he
has the heart and versatility of a great character actor. His exchanges with James Woods
playing a Colonel suspected in a murder is worth more than price of admission. Someone
needs to put these crafty, gifted men in more scenes like these.
What To Look Forward To
The murder mystery delves into issues surrounding sexual dysfunction
and rape in the military. Here, the brutality of the rape doesn’t horrify us as much
as the cover up. Frankly, we could just not buy into the level of silence kept by many
characters who knew what really happened.
The ending was anticlimactic and unsatisfying. The ultimate perpetrator
turned out being a person with little real power of involvement with the victim, or the
issues presented.
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