With a top notch score by Danny Elfman and a plethora of fine actors, this was a movie worth watching more than once.
After Gladiator, Russell Crowe is now A-list. He proved he can act in The Insider, but can he be consistent? He certainly convinced me that, as ex-SAS hostage negotiator Terry Thorne, he would be the man to save my loved one's life.
Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer And A Gentleman, Ray) blew it on the love triangle. Her husband going through hell and Alice (Meg Ryan) gets it on with Thorne? Tacky! It's tasteless, but not enough to ruin the movie.
It suffers from the frequent leaps between the scenes of captivity and the Ryan/Crowe sequences, Ryan is a little over the top with the tears, but Morse turns in a great performance as he gets dirtier and dirtier. Actually, I would have been happier had they spent more time with him in the mountains. He could have had a go with some native girl and it would have been believable with death at the door. That does not mean I forgive him for his role on House!
David Caruso was also surprisingly good as Thorne's buddy.
After Gladiator, Russell Crowe is now A-list. He proved he can act in The Insider, but can he be consistent? He certainly convinced me that, as ex-SAS hostage negotiator Terry Thorne, he would be the man to save my loved one's life.
Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer And A Gentleman, Ray) blew it on the love triangle. Her husband going through hell and Alice (Meg Ryan) gets it on with Thorne? Tacky! It's tasteless, but not enough to ruin the movie.
It suffers from the frequent leaps between the scenes of captivity and the Ryan/Crowe sequences, Ryan is a little over the top with the tears, but Morse turns in a great performance as he gets dirtier and dirtier. Actually, I would have been happier had they spent more time with him in the mountains. He could have had a go with some native girl and it would have been believable with death at the door. That does not mean I forgive him for his role on House!
David Caruso was also surprisingly good as Thorne's buddy.