Most Wanted (1997)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

David Hogan

Writer (WGA):

Keenen Ivory Wayans (written by)

Release Date:

10 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes the most patriotic thing a Marine can do... is disobey orders. From most honored to Most Wanted.

Plot:

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and it's officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.

Plot Keywords:

Assassination | First Lady | Videotape | False Accusation | Swimming Pool

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Keenen Ivory Wayans	...	Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
Robert Kotecki	...	Marine Lieutenant
Rick Cramer	...	Bus Guard #1
Kenn Whitaker	...	Bus Guard #2
Wolfgang Bodison	...	Captain Steve Braddock
Jon Voight	...	Gen. Adam Woodward, alias Lt. Col. Grant Casey
Eddie Velez	...	Sergeant Peyton
Michael Marich	...	Omega 3
Simon Baker	...	Stephen Barnes
Jill Hennessy	...	Dr. Victoria Constantini
Donna Cherry	...	First Lady Bonnie Anne Hartfield
Robert Culp	...	Donald Bickhart
Eric Roberts	...	Assistant Deputy Director Spencer
Paul Sorvino	...	CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
John Diehl	...	Police Captain

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #34764) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:18 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ivory Way Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Towards the end of the film, during the explosion on top of the building, the "air rams", used to project the stuntmen into the air, are visible.

Quotes:

Sergeant James Dunn: I'm a marine, we don't plan, we improvise.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "MythBusters: Ice Bullet/Exploding Toilet/Who Gets Wetter? (#1.4)" (2003)

Not so great...

Although the movie wasn't all bad, I was somewhat distracted by those few atrocious parts. There were scenes in this movie that I couldn't even believe someone had honestly written in the last 25 years with the hopes that it would create "tension". In any case, most of the events are unbelievable, at best.

Paul Sorvino did a great job, but his was the only acting that had a whole lot of dimension. The other characters seemed to have their lines spit out of a computer.

I will say, however, that there are some very hilarious scenes in the movie. The only problem is that I doubt they were intended to be funny at all; it's more likely that they were originally intended to be very intense. I don't recommend this movie if you're looking for something that is unpredictable.