Review of Narrow Margin

First and foremost, I will never understand why one of the best actors ( Gene Hackman) chose to play the lead role in this remake. Think about the role he played in The French Connection, as the tough cop Popeye Doyle, and compare it to the role in Narrow Margin as a Los Angeles deputy district attorney, Robert Caulfield. Gene Hackman fails to portray the true attributes of a district attorney and instead he comes across as someone winging it and learning what to do as time passes. Anne Archer comes across as a dumb drama queen being carried along by Caulfield, and I can't understand how she was able to go through so much stress and anxiety without food or liquid refreshments.

In addition to that, Caulfield goes through 48 hours without having to shave or sleep, and eat food.

The fight scene in the washroom is absolutely laughable because there is no way that Caulfield would have been able to leave his shoes and trousers in such a way to convince the hit man to believe that he was having a crap and be able to catch and shoot him while he was emptying his bowels. Also, it's simply not possible for anyone to crash through a plate glass window without leaving a mark on his face and a mere cut on his hand. It would have been better if the movie had been a comedy because I argue that it would be difficult for anyone to watch the entire thing without laughing.