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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303391649 Format: Color, EP, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 6303391648 Label: Starmaker Entertainment Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starmaker Entertainment Release Date: October 20, 1992 Running Time: 96 minutes Sales Rank: 2604 Studio: Starmaker Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: March 01, 1985
Rating: - nothing's black or white when you're fighting for your life
This film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal is only interesting in that it presents two female protagonists, pre-empting his later preference for female actors, eg Barbara Hershey. There is enough rough housing - beatings, rape, fire, flood, rats, drugs, chase, guns - for action fans and the dramatic plot doesn't slow things down too much. However given that the main characters are female, screenwriter Michael Jacobs unfortunately subjects them both to extended humiliations. The incident which sets Irene Cara and Tatum O'Neal on the lam is poorly if campily staged, a courtroom gunbattle where ... Read More
Rating: - Irene and Tatum pair well as first adversaries then friends.
The first film that Irene did after "Fame", being a fan of both stars, you will enjoy this film. Despite holes in the plot, the two stars give good performances. Irene as rich daddy's girl looking for attention and Tatum as poor girl looking to survive they make you believe in both of their struggles.
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