There is a serial killer terrorizing Manhattan. Mayor Eamon Flynn (Rod Steiger) wants it to stop now. The agitated mayoral assistant (Harvey Keitel) calls on his former--brilliant, nonconformist--cop brother (Kevin Kline) to return to the force and handle the case. Kline agrees, for a price: a date with Keitel's gorgeous wife (Susan Sarandon). Kline amasses details on the killer and calculates a pattern that allows him to predict the killer's next crime, which will take place in the labyrinthine corridors of a major skyscraper. Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck).
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User Reviews
This movie is all over the place and there are zero funny scenes. It claims its a murder mystery comedy but there is no humor, childish “clues” to solve the mystery, and doesnt use any of the amazing actors like it should. Every scene feels like a side plot but you slowly realize that thats the film itself. Its truly a film that has no self awareness and doesnt know what niche its trying to fill. No wonder it did bad at the box office, i forgot the film existed right after i watched it
Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrontino, Alan Rickman. Priceless.
It's indicative of the times, 1988.
Every movie had that certain feeling to its music and the movie although based around police work actually didn't resemble real police work. Didn't Mary Elizabeth look absolutely beautiful at 30.
Too bad John Patrick Shanley didn’t direct this. His script is genius.
If you are a fan of Kevin Kline you have got to see this one.
