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5.9/10 • 341

1988-06-101h 37m

ActionCrimeMysteryThriller

He didn't want to share the murder investigation. There's no way he's going to share his daughter.

Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.

Directors
Peter Hyams
Editors
James Mitchell

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  1. Sean Connery

    Sean Connery

    Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

  2. Mark Harmon

    Mark Harmon

    Jay Austin

  3. Meg Ryan

    Meg Ryan

    Donna Caldwell

  4. Jack Warden

    Jack Warden

    Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure

  5. Mark Blum

    Mark Blum

    Arthur Peale

  6. Dana Gladstone

    Dana Gladstone

    Col. Paul Lawrence

  7. Jenette Goldstein

    Jenette Goldstein

    Patti Jean Lynch

  8. Marvin J. McIntyre

    Marvin J. McIntyre

    MP Zeke

  9. Don Calfa

    Don Calfa

    Howard Buckely

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CinemaSerf

Jul 4, 2022

5/10

Mark Harmon is "Jay", a former military policeman turned cop who is called upon to investigate a series of murders that reintroduce him to his former CO "Col. Caldwell" (Sean Connery) with whom he doesn't especially get along. It doesn't help when he starts to date the colonel's independently minded daughter "Donna" (Meg Ryan) but can they put their differences aside long enough to find out what's going on and stop any more killings? Well, of course they can - this film has precisely no jeopardy at all. Though the motive for the crimes remains a mystery for a while, the rest of this follows a well travelled line that is disappointingly predictable. Harmon is never a particularly strong or convincing actor, Connery - and his traditional, wry, smile - clearly just wanted his fee and not for the first time Meg Ryan adds very little as this plods along. It's watchable on the television over a glass or two, but it's all very unremarkable.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$20,324,096.00
Keywords
court casesan francisco, californiacompetitioninvestigationadversarymilitary servicebase