The read
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,440 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
1,069 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- John BadhamDirector
- David SeltzerScreenplay
- Eric LernerScreenplay
- Louis VenostaScreenplay
Cast
- Mel GibsonRichard 'Rick' Jarmin
- Goldie HawnMarianne Graves
- David CarradineEugene Sorensen
- Bill DukeAlbert Diggs
- Stephen TobolowskyJoe Weyburn
- Joan SeveranceRachel Varney
- Harry CaesarMarvin Larson
- Jeff CoreyLou Baird
- Alex BruhanskiRaun
- John Pyper-FergusonJamie
- Clyde KusatsuMr. Takawaki
- Jackson DaviesPaul Bernard
Stills
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Themes
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