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Most Wanted

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
6.1K
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Jon Voight and Keenen Ivory Wayans in Most Wanted (1997)
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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 its officer set him up as the fall guy f... Read allA 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 its officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.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 its officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
6.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,886
6,447
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    • Director
      • David Hogan
    • Writer
      • Keenen Ivory Wayans
    • Stars
      • Keenen Ivory Wayans
      • Jon Voight
      • Robert Kotecki
    Top credits
    • Director
      • David Hogan
    • Writer
      • Keenen Ivory Wayans
    • Stars
      • Keenen Ivory Wayans
      • Jon Voight
      • Robert Kotecki
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    • 41User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Keenen Ivory Wayans in Most Wanted (1997)
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    Jon Voight and Robert Culp in Most Wanted (1997)
    Jill Hennessy and Keenen Ivory Wayans in Most Wanted (1997)
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    Jon Voight in Most Wanted (1997)
    Paul Sorvino in Most Wanted (1997)
    Jill Hennessy in Most Wanted (1997)
    Keenen Ivory Wayans in Most Wanted (1997)
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    Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Keenen Ivory Wayans
    • James Dunn
    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • Casey…
    Robert Kotecki
    Robert Kotecki
    • Marine Lieutenant
    Rick Cramer
    Rick Cramer
    • Bus Guard 1
    Kenn Whitaker
    • Bus Guard 2
    Wolfgang Bodison
    Wolfgang Bodison
    • Cpt. Steve Braddock
    Eddie Velez
    Eddie Velez
    • Sgt. Peyton
    Michael Marich
    • Omega 3
    Simon Baker
    Simon Baker
    • Stephen Barnes
    • (as Simon Baker-Denny)
    Jill Hennessy
    Jill Hennessy
    • Victoria Constantini
    Donna Cherry
    Donna Cherry
    • First Lady
    Robert Culp
    Robert Culp
    • Donald Bickhart
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Spencer
    Paul Sorvino
    Paul Sorvino
    • Ken Rackmill
    John Diehl
    John Diehl
    • Police Captain
    Michael Milhoan
    Michael Milhoan
    • SWAT Leader
    Tucker Smallwood
    Tucker Smallwood
    • Police Chief William Watson
    Amanda Kravat
    • Charlie
    • Director
      • David Hogan
    • Writer
      • Keenen Ivory Wayans
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This film reunites Jon Voight and Eric Roberts, since their collaboration in Runaway Train (1985), in which Voight was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, while Roberts was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
    • Goofs
      The plan for Gunnery Sergeant Dunn (Keenen Ivory Wayans) to fire a bullet made of ice is pure Hollywood. If you could manage to mount a bullet made of ice in a shell casing & chamber it in a rifle, when you fired it, the shock & heat generated from the gunpowder in the shell casing would destroy the ice bullet before it even got to the end of the barrel. The Mythbusters TV show actually tried it & the ice bullet just vaporized.
    • Quotes

      Sergeant James Dunn: You live alone?

      Dr. Victoria Constantini: No, I, I have a boyfriend. He's a cop!

      Sergeant James Dunn: You don't have a boyfriend.

      Dr. Victoria Constantini: How do you know?

      Sergeant James Dunn: There's five empty buckets of Häagen-Dazs in your trash, your legs are stubbly and your hair color needs a touch-up.

    • Connections
      Featured in MythBusters: Hollywood on Trial (2005)

    User reviews41

    Review
    Top review
    Has it's moments but is really daft for most of it
    Ex-soldier Sgt James Dunn is on his way to death row when he is taken from his transportation by an elite military unit headed by Col Grant Casey with the offer that he join their assassination squad or be killed. When he joins his first assignment is to kill Donald Bickhart, head of a biochemical company. However when the First Lady is taken out by another assassin, Dunn finds himself set up as a patsy in a conspiracy that seeks to frame him and kill. As Americas most wanted man he goes on the run to clear himself

    Written and starring Wayans this has a bit of a vanity project about it. The story is ok at the most basic level - everyone likes a good conspiracy story and a good action movie. However this has so many elements that are just plain daft. One scene in particular - where Wayans is recognised on the street and is chased by about 600 people along a motorway, causing a major pileup, I assumed that this was a dream sequence if was so daft - but sadly it wasn't. This is stretched out throughout the whole film in that whole scenes are daft - the main problem is that Dunn just walks into any building he wants unnoticed. He gets past major security anywhere, he even gets into a high security military unit by hiding in the boot of a car. You can see Wayans' idea was good at the start but he doesn't know where to draw the line - the story is full of wish-fulfilment action scenes (jumping off a building with a parachute - without explaining how Americas most wanted got it from!).

    Wayans is not great, he does OK at the start but his one-liners are weak and his performance as an unstoppable force towards the end doesn't set well with the story. Voight is absolutely terrible, what was he thinking. His character is full of stupid characteristics and never comes across as menacing or believable. Paul Sorvino is OK as the FBI director, but with this and Knock Off, he must really wish that someone would make a Goodfellas 2! Hennessey is ok as the only female role in the film, but she doesn't have much to do. Eric Roberts wisely takes an un-credited role and does OK with it. Robert Culp rounds out quite a famous cast - which is surprising when you consider the material.

    Overall this is enjoyable for the most part. However most of it is daft and any clever bits are lost in a sea of stupidity. 5 out of 10 for effort.
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    • Feb 18, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lệnh truy nã
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ivory Way Productions
      • New Line Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,391,946
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,836,490
      • Oct 12, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,838,218
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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