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Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba ... see more see more... , William Atherton , Terry Kinney , Bruce McGill , Ray Sharkey , Marita Geraghty , Aleta Mitchell , Mike Bacarella , Kim Chan , Caris Corfman , George Dickerson , Charles S. Dutton , Victoria Edwards , Annalee Jefferies , Pearl Jones , Leon Rippy , Thomas Rosales Jr. , Raynor Scheine , John Snyder , Bill Hart , Carl Gordon , John Schluter , Ray Brown , Harold Evans

High-powered gangsters move this crime drama along at a fast pace. When two cops, Eddie Jillette (Richard Gere) and Joe Collins (Gary Basaraba), hear about a contract out on local crime boss Losado (J... read more read more...eroen Krabbe), they go undercover posing as hitmen, and the result is murder. Collins and the man who hired them, Paul Deveneux (Terry Kinney) are killed, and Jillette goes looking for the assassin. He ends up in New Orleans where he locates Michel Duval (Kim Basinger), the girlfriend of Deveneux now virtually held a prisoner by Losado. Jillette has his work cut out for him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Richard Pearce

Release Date: December 19, 1986

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001

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  • matertenebraum
    August 10, 2008
    matertenebraum
    On the surface, this film, which I like, is like dozens of other revenge-the-death-of-a-cop-partner stories. But the saving grace of the movie is the characters, and some of the dialogue.

    Spoilers in the following

    Eddie Jilette is a tough cop. A tough Chicago cop. But what ... read moredistinguishes the film that his Captain is tougher and nastier. In a later scene in the film, the captain and Eddie are in an airport where, in the Men's washroom, after making sure that they're alone, the captain gives Eddie a weapon to kill the villain, and expects him to use it. In most such films, a tough cop usually has a captain who's either a politician or a wimp. How refreshing!

    The film also has a nice touch. Eddie rents all the rooms of a hotel in Algiers. The only inhabitants were the clerk and a cat. Eddie tells the clerk to beat it, because he's expecting a showdown battle there. Shortly before the battle commences, we see the cat leave the building.

    One I've watched several times and one that's in my library.
  • deano
    March 20, 2007
    deano
    Exciting action-thriller of a Chicago policeman (Richard Gere) heads for Louisiana to track down his partner's killer. There he falls in love with an illiterate Cajun beauty (Kim Basinger). Basinger pouts, Gere smoulders, the bayous steam.
  • terryc1000
    January 10, 2008
    terryc1000
    Great performances by Gere and Basinger. Lots of screan charisma. Story was a bit tired but the setting was great. Believeable.

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

A passionate film noir that depends heavily upon Mr. Gere to give it credence, and Mr. Gere delivers. Full Review

Paul Attanasio
January 1, 2000
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post

Count me among those who would be happy never to see another starring role for Gere, except maybe as Felix in a remake of The Odd Couple. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

A standard-issue cop thriller that amounts to Beverly Hills Cop in a bad mood. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

An above-average film noir, and its creepy feeling for the back streets of New Orleans and the sultry evil of its red-light suburbs got under my skin. Full Review

Pat Graham
January 1, 2000
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader

Pearce pads out his plot with lots of borrowed bits ... but the borrowings don't have any resonance of their own: they simply hang on the story like empty thematic husks. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 25, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Not even the goings-on between Gere and Basinger and the horrific happenings in the exotic bayou settings can rev up this romantic thriller.

Beth Accomando
April 5, 2003
Beth Accomando, KPBS.org

Gere and Basinger fizzle rather than sizzle in this lame Bayou thriller.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Neil Cohen
July 29, 2007
Neil Cohen, Echo Magazine

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Emanuel Levy
July 5, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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