The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,024 1990s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
192 audience votes
Key crew
- E. Max FryeDirector
- E. Max FryeWriter
- Richard GibbsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonAndrew Sterling
- Nicolas CageAmos Odell
- Michael LernerPhil Gillman
- Margaret ColinJudy Gillman
- Dabney ColemanChief of Police Cecil Tolliver
- Brad DourifOfficer Donnie Donaldson
- Chelcie RossDeputy Earl
- Jordan LundDeputy Riley
- I.M. HobsonWaldo Lake
- Jeff BlumenkrantzErnie
- Todd WeeksStan
- Jodi LongWendy Wong
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Themes
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