Caracara (1999) (TV)

Director:

Graeme Clifford

Writer (WGA):

Craig Smith (written by)

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A woman becomes entangled in the conspiracy of two world governments to assassinate an international leader in New York. |

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Massacre | Witness | Sniper | Gagged And Bound

Cast

Natasha Henstridge	...	Rachel Sutherland
Johnathon Schaech	...	David J. McMillan
Michael Filipowich	...	Lieutenant Jack Peligrino
David McIlwraith	...	Alan Crancer
Robin Brûlé	...	Christy Dyer
Lauren Hutton	...	Cynthia Kirkman Sutherland
Kate Greenhouse	...	Detective Deena Mason
Frank Moore	...	Colonel Thomas Rawlins
Roy Lewis	...	Edmund Mkambati
Scott Wickware	...	Donald A. Hartz
Jim Codrington	...	James Halsel
Carlo Rota	...	Mr. Zander
Jonathan Collard	...	Crancer's Assistant
Richard Zeman	...	FBI Agent
Howard Hoover	...	Agent in Command

Also Known As:

The Last Witness (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, some language and a sex scene.

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Argentina:13

Company:

Le Monde Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rachel is kidnapped and bound by the bad guys we see some close-up shots of her face while gagged and in one of them her hair is different.

The absolute scum, doesn't get any worse from here

Natasha Henstridge stars in this "thriller", that has the most ridiculous plot ever seen on screen. A woman is contacted by FBI agents to allow them to observe people in the apartment across the street. Nothing wrong with it so far, but the twists coming up are so unbelievable, it's not even funny. Henstridge's acting is sub-par and not credible in the least bit. All the other actors seem to be on the wrong set reading dialogue from some other bad movie. The thing that betrays the film the most is it's screenplay. I wonder if they even had one, but rather just made it up on the way.

The film is full of plot holes, and you're left screaming to the supposedly smart detectives who can't realize the simplest clue or detail hanging right in front of them. To replace any story or sense in this film, the filmmakers decided to add some T&A from Henstridge, but that's just a short scene. The bigger mistake is to try and make the film look "cool" by adding completely unnecessary and revolting violence.

There's also some scenes shot from a pet bird's perspective. Interesting idea, but unfortunately the bird has absolutely nothing to do with the film itself. It's one of those shot-in-one-week, cheap straight-for-tv films that are not even so bad that they're funny, it's so bad you wanna cry.