Razzie nominee Paulina Porizkova is certainly strikingly beautiful, playing a Romanian immigrant accused of murder, and given an alibi out of the blue by struggling mystery writer Tom Selleck. Not to swab bachelor of the "Three Men" films, he's actually quite idiotic here, getting himself into the most ridiculous of situations that will have him in danger, either by Porizkova or by the men following her. One sell it gets her out of prison, he takes her to his beautiful home in Connecticut, and panic-stricken by the fact that she may indeed be a murderer, makes an absolute fool out of himself in trying to become another victim while both loving and lusting after her.
I wouldn't call Porizkova a bad actress. You have to be making an effort to act to be bad, and she seems to be simply reading lines. She was obviously cast because of her looks and her gymnastic ability, and in spite of how emotionless she is, you can't take your eyes off of her. Selleck seems to be desperate to escape from his Magnum P. I. image, but instead of John Hillerman, we get the similar William Daniels as his publisher confidante. Daniels get some truly great lines and of course commands attention every time he's on screen.
With James Farentino as the detective following every move, and veteran actor Hurd Hatfield as one of the men following Porizkova, this has intrigue, romance and comedy, but what it doesn't have are intelligence or believable characters. There are also similarities to the earlier big hit "Throw Mama From the Train" which has salad narrating his book as the events occur that he decides to write about. It certainly watchable, but with a weak script and implausible situations, this ends up just being a formula 80's movie that is easy to get through but even easier to forget.
I wouldn't call Porizkova a bad actress. You have to be making an effort to act to be bad, and she seems to be simply reading lines. She was obviously cast because of her looks and her gymnastic ability, and in spite of how emotionless she is, you can't take your eyes off of her. Selleck seems to be desperate to escape from his Magnum P. I. image, but instead of John Hillerman, we get the similar William Daniels as his publisher confidante. Daniels get some truly great lines and of course commands attention every time he's on screen.
With James Farentino as the detective following every move, and veteran actor Hurd Hatfield as one of the men following Porizkova, this has intrigue, romance and comedy, but what it doesn't have are intelligence or believable characters. There are also similarities to the earlier big hit "Throw Mama From the Train" which has salad narrating his book as the events occur that he decides to write about. It certainly watchable, but with a weak script and implausible situations, this ends up just being a formula 80's movie that is easy to get through but even easier to forget.