Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 08/05/1987(USA)
Release Date: 08/13/2002
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 117 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Though
John Badham's
Stakeout doesn't flinch in the violence department, the film concentrates primarily on characterization.
Richard Dreyfuss and
Emilio Estevez play a pair of Seattle detectives, assigned to capture escaped hood
Aidan Quinn. The twosome spends much of the film on stakeout in a lonely, deserted house; the object of their scrutiny is
Madeline Stowe, Quinn's former girlfriend. Pretending to be a telephone repairman, Dreyfuss plants a bug in Stowe's apartment--thereby inaugurating a romance that compromises the detective's objectivity. In the climax, Quinn gets the upper hand--at least until the fists start flying. Perfect as it stood,
Stakeout didn't need to be elaborated upon with a sequel, but
Another Stakeout was produced all the same.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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