Review of Another Stakeout

Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez retain their chemistry from Stakeout, but the script and casting sink this formula sequel. Rosie O' Donnell can't act well. Somehow Madonna and her made it work in A League of Their Own, but almost nothing else either has done is worth watching. She drags this movie down. The script relies too much on the dog and the unhappy triumvirate. The subplot of Maria and Chris getting married falls flat, because we know they will. Madeleine Stowe, Miguel Ferrer(Robocop), Dennis Farina(Out of Sight, Manhunter), Cathy Moriarty(Raging Bull), and Marcia Strassman(Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) are all wasted with only bad writing to comfort them. This movie might catch your attention when it plays and nothing else is on, but the original has everything good this has and a little more.