Directed by:
Costa-GavrasScreenplay:
Joe EszterhasCinematography:
Patrick BlossierComposer:
Bill ContiCast:
Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair, John Mahoney, Ted Levine, Jeffrey DeMunn, Albert Hall, David Clennon, Robert Swan, Richard Libertini (more)Plots(1)
After a Jewish radio host is murdered, FBI agent Cathy Weaver (Debra Winger) is sent undercover to infiltrate a close-knit farming community believed to be harbouring the men responsible. She soon meets and falls for local farmer Gary Simmons (Tom Berenger) a well-respected Vietnam veteran, but it's not long before her suspicions are aroused. Realising that Simmons is leading a double-life as the leader of a white supremacist group, responsible for a series of brutal crimes, Agent Weaver must decide where her loyalties lie, with the man she loves or the country she swore to protect. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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White supremacy and filmmaking weaknesses. The duo of Debra Winger and Tom Berenger, with Berenger playing an undercover agent and racist, might have been designed to be visually appealing, but the pair of Costa-Gavras and Joe Eszterhas cut them short. The indecision between whether to make a thriller, a crime drama, or a political film competed with moments that made one's brain feel like it was being run over by a combine harvester. It’s interesting to note that the beloved Captain Stottlemeyer from Monk only played monsters and despicable bastards during the late 80s and early 90s.
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