Stakeout (1987)
1h 56m | PG-13
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Director: John Badham
Studio: Silver Screen Partners II
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
as Det. Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez
as Det. Bill Reimers
Madeleine Stowe
as Maria McGuire
Aidan Quinn
as Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Dan Lauria
as Det. Phil Coldshank
Forest Whitaker
as Det. Jack Pismo
Reviews
"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.