Fair Game (1995)

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.

Director:

Andrew Sipes

Writers:

Paula Gosling (novel), Charlie Fletcher (screenplay)

Stars:

William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
William Baldwin	...	Det. Max Kirkpatrick
Cindy Crawford	...	Kate McQuean
Steven Berkoff	...	Col. Ilya Pavel Kazak
Christopher McDonald	...	Lt. Meyerson
Miguel Sandoval	...	Emilio Juantorena
Johann Carlo	...	Jodi Kirkpatrick
Salma Hayek	...	Rita
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Det. Louis Aragon
Olek Krupa	...	Zhukov
Jenette Goldstein	...	Rosa
Marc Macaulay	...	Navigator
Sonny Carl Davis	...	Baker
Frank Medrano	...	Graybera
Don Yesso	...	Beanpole
Paul Dillon	...	Hacker

Storyline

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.

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Plot Keywords:

female lawyer | spy | based on novel | woman in jeopardy | male rear nudity | 

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Taglines:

He's a cop on the edge. She's a woman with a dangerous secret. And now they're both...FAIR GAME.

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Genres:

Action | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for intermittent strong violence, language and a scene of sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie's source novel "A Running Duck" (1974) (aka "Fair Game") won The John Creasey Memorial Award (now known as the CWA New Blood Dagger Award) from the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for the Best First Novel of the Year in 1978.

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Goofs

Kate outruns the train while jumping aboard, but a moment later when we're watching the wheels pass in front of Max, it's moving at about 20 mph.

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Quotes

[Max is on the phone with a convenience store clerk and Ilya Kazak]
Max Kirkpatrick: Why don't you drop that bullshit American accent.
Ilya Kazak: [sounding American] I don't know what you mean.
Max Kirkpatrick: Dosvedanya, Asshole!
Convenience Store Clerk: Dosve... WHAT!
Ilya Kazak: [normal voice] Dosvedanya, Asshole?
Convenience Store Clerk: Yo man, fuck YOU and fuck whoever ELSE on the phone!
[hangs up]
Ilya Kazak: Clever BASTARD!
[hangs up]

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Alternate Versions

European release was 8 minutes longer, less violence, but more sex/nudity.

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Connections

Featured in 20 to 1: Sizzling Superstars (2009)

User Reviews

Brainless tosh, but quite good fun

Can Cindy Crawford act? Not really, but well enough to scream and run from one overblown action scene to another, taking the odd breather for showers (plural) and changes of clothes.

I kind of enjoyed this brainless tosh. Cinders looks great, adequately playing an uncompromising, smarty-pants attorney. Baldwin is the cop determined to guard her body when people start trying to kill her. He just about pulls off the hardass cop routine, but never really musters the enthusiasm to look like he's enjoying it.

The bad guys glower and plot, hunting the fleeing pair down with ruthless skill (and some rather suspect computer trickery), then cocking things up each time allowing them to escape. It's hugely violent, fast moving, loud, full of swearing etc., all the things you associate with nineties action fodder, and finishes off with a big enough bang. Don't expect much, and you shouldn't be disappointed.

Oh, and if you're wondering about nudity, Cindy does indeed ‘get them out for the lads', and Baldwin shows his butt.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

3 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fair Game

Filming Locations:

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,946,332, 5 November 1995

Gross USA:

$11,534,477

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$11,534,477

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1