Amazon.com Essentials:
What is it about director Richard Donner that Mel Gibson
enjoys so much that he's appeared in five of Donner's films? Is it the
on-set pranks? Could it be the big-budget perks and $20-million
paychecks? Or is it just a well-stocked catering table? Whatever the
case, the Lethal
Weapon star and director teamed up again, along with fellow
superstar Julia Roberts, for this typically glossy, entertaining but
ultimately hokey thriller. Gibson plays New York cab driver Jerry
Fletcher, whose wacky belief in conspiracies finally hits on a
coincidental truth involving an evil figure named Jonas (Patrick
Stewart) and a secret program of government-funded mind
control. Roberts plays the Justice Department attorney who finally
believes in Jerry's paranoid ramblings. With a plot (from LA. Confidential
cowriter Brian Helgeland) that's a lot of fun as long as you don't
think about it too critically, Conspiracy Theory benefits
immeasurably from the charisma of its high-magnitude stars. --Jeff
Shannon
Amazon.com Essentials:
What is it about director Richard Donner that Mel Gibson
enjoys so much that he's appeared in five of Donner's films? Is it the
on-set pranks? Could it be the big-budget perks and $20-million
paychecks? Or is it just a well-stocked catering table? Whatever the
case, the Lethal
Weapon star and director teamed up again, along with fellow
superstar Julia Roberts, for this typically glossy, entertaining but
ultimately hokey thriller. Gibson plays New York cab driver Jerry
Fletcher, whose wacky belief in conspiracies finally hits on a
coincidental truth involving an evil figure named Jonas (Patrick
Stewart) and a secret program of government-funded mind
control. Roberts plays the Justice Department attorney who finally
believes in Jerry's paranoid ramblings. With a plot (from LA. Confidential
cowriter Brian Helgeland) that's a lot of fun as long as you don't
think about it too critically, Conspiracy Theory benefits
immeasurably from the charisma of its high-magnitude stars. --Jeff
Shannon
