This is one of those films that has plot elements that someone like Hitchcock and the right script adapters would have made into a classic. The idea of someone being declared mentally incompetent in order to shut him or her up is by no means a new idea, but there is a small twist on it in this film. Fertig, the accountant played by Ben Kingsley, knows too much about the kind of ecological disaster that kills..and would ruin those responsible. It's really handy to have him kill the creeps who failed to give his little son even slightly adequate medical attention in a New York City emergency room. And frankly you will love it that he kills them. The trouble is that religion is mixed in here where it's entirely unnecessary. Someone also forgot that "Death Wish" was a very popular movie. Religious orientation wasn't necessary there.His wife(played by Amy Irving) is a boring character which is not a plus in a film like this..The attorney who is to get Fertig locked up in a mental institution (played by Alec Baldwin) is only slightly interesting as well. The soundtrack is terrible. There is one wonderful goof, however, - a scene in which Baldwin is at the reservoir talking about how nothing is alive there...except a wonderfully irreverent pigeon who suddenly very casually sits down near him. It's worth seeing this trashy film because of the pigeon.
Hitchcock..at his best..would have known what to do. So too David O.Selznick. It's too bad..The plot had some good parts..The film is a real dud..EXCEPT FOR THAT PIGEON who should get an award.
Hitchcock..at his best..would have known what to do. So too David O.Selznick. It's too bad..The plot had some good parts..The film is a real dud..EXCEPT FOR THAT PIGEON who should get an award.