The film opens with a daring escape of a convict imprisoned for killing an FBI agent, then moves on to two Seattle detectives chasing a suspect who gets away, destroying a forklift in the process, these two detectives are reassigned to a stakeout, watching the girlfriend of the escaped federal prisoner. One falls in love with her, the escaped convict eventually catches up to her, with them actually, and in the midst of their getaway, the escaped convict learns that his woman'... (Full plot summary below)
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The film opens with a daring escape of a convict imprisoned for killing an FBI agent, then moves on to two Seattle detectives chasing a suspect who gets away, destroying a forklift in the process, these two detectives are reassigned to a stakeout, watching the girlfriend of the escaped federal prisoner. One falls in love with her, the escaped convict eventually catches up to her, with them actually, and in the midst of their getaway, the escaped convict learns that his woman's man is a cop, but the two detectives kill him, saving the day.
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| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenDelivers excitement, humor and good nature. The director uses the conventions of the action-comedy in so adroit a way that you may even forget the hundred other films you've seen lately about a couple of cops kidding around with each other in between battling the bad guys. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA mature human farce that values characters' foibles over their firearms. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertStakeout is an example of a movie that would have been a lot better if the filmmakers had been prepared to trust the human dimensions of their characters - to follow these people where their personalities led. Instead, Badham takes out an insurance policy by adding the assembly-line violence. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrBetween Lecce's illicit courtship and Reimers' consternation, there are some hearty laughs of a juvenile nature. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordA comic take on Rear Window, Badham's latest has the acting talent to carry it over the sizeable gulfs in plot to an end product that brings laughs aplenty. |
| Tampa Bay TimesThomas B. HarrisonStakeout is this summer's suntan lotion: It won't linger in the memory any better than it would survive a quick dip in the pool. |
| User ReviewtimoneStakeout. This is one of those movies which I love watching. The thrills, the laughs and also the good fun. |
| User ReviewDeanomiteJohn Badham did very well with WarGames and Saturday Night Fever, both pretty much either created a genre or defined it. This buddy cop movie came out same year as Lethal Weapon, the biggest buddy cop movie ever. The music is generic synthesizer, not unusual or memorable. Early scenes are so corny they damage the movie. The buddy chemistry also very corny. It plays like a knock off of a spoof. |
