silverton-37959
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This film was probably written for William Peterson when someone in Hollywood was trying to make him a star. Everything seems to have been made to feature William rocking skin tight jeans to showcase his bowlegs while he ran like a track star and jumped over chairs in an airport.
His character was an annoying punk Treasury agent who was so obnoxious toward everyone he spoke to that it's hard to believe that he lived long enough to meet the age requirement for his job.
Speaking of his job, he was so bad at his job that he fell asleep during a stakeout and the subject of the surveillance was murdered right under his nose. Next, he lost a witness who was released from prison under his supervision by uncuffing the witness so that the witness could beat him up and escape.
This is a bad film, with clumsy dialog, a thin story line and poor writing. To illustrate how forgettable this thing is, I saw it in the '80s when it came out and somehow didn't remember how bad it was because I just now watched it again. It hasn't aged well at all.
His character was an annoying punk Treasury agent who was so obnoxious toward everyone he spoke to that it's hard to believe that he lived long enough to meet the age requirement for his job.
Speaking of his job, he was so bad at his job that he fell asleep during a stakeout and the subject of the surveillance was murdered right under his nose. Next, he lost a witness who was released from prison under his supervision by uncuffing the witness so that the witness could beat him up and escape.
This is a bad film, with clumsy dialog, a thin story line and poor writing. To illustrate how forgettable this thing is, I saw it in the '80s when it came out and somehow didn't remember how bad it was because I just now watched it again. It hasn't aged well at all.
The cast is made up of good actors with a few exceptions. For me, the one big disappointment is having Elliot Gould in a recurring role, in fact as one of the central characters. Gould is a terrible actor. No matter what the role he's assigned, he manages somehow to play himself. Gould always sounds as though he's reading his lines from a teleprompter.
The second disappointment is Josh Pais, who plays a sleazy, scummy film studio bigshot named Stu Feldman. Pais is one of those actors who is simply irritating, but maybe he's just typecast as a major irritant.
The rest of the cast is fine, even when their characters are unlikable. Eddie Marsan is great, as usual. He handles American regional accents better than most American actors do. Dash Mihok has created his character and makes Bunchy a sympathetic, childlike guy. Liev Schreiber as Ray is an example of perfect casting. He brings his character to life and makes that damaged, conflicted man a believable character.
I'm enjoying the series so far.
The second disappointment is Josh Pais, who plays a sleazy, scummy film studio bigshot named Stu Feldman. Pais is one of those actors who is simply irritating, but maybe he's just typecast as a major irritant.
The rest of the cast is fine, even when their characters are unlikable. Eddie Marsan is great, as usual. He handles American regional accents better than most American actors do. Dash Mihok has created his character and makes Bunchy a sympathetic, childlike guy. Liev Schreiber as Ray is an example of perfect casting. He brings his character to life and makes that damaged, conflicted man a believable character.
I'm enjoying the series so far.