This starts off truly promising with a very independent Kim Basinger in a bad situation, a parolee just out of prison for having robbed a bank and unable to make her way in a new life thanks to her slimy parole officer, an uncaring ex-husband and a criminal mastermind (Terence Stamp). Outside of a few minor characters that she meets along the way, the only one that seems to care about her is Val Kilmer, a young man who followed her case and happens to see her in her parole officer's office building. He follows her around, questions for about everything, and takes her out to lunch when no one else will give her the time of day. When her parole officer seemingly is making a pass at her, my discust for the film began, but then it was revealed that he was in cahoots with Stamp and that's when I realized what a bomb this was going to be.
There are so many stupid elements within the film, starting with the scene where her ex arranges to meet her to give her belongings that have been in storage, and their son walks in. Obviously if he didn't want her to see him, he would not have brought him. Basinger gives him a deserving slap across the face (which in reality would have landed her back in the hole), and later, she knees the gun carrying gangster associate of Stamp's in the groin, grabs his gun (with no gloves, leaving fingerprints), throws it and walks away. Obviously she could have been set up for any crime with that happening.
Right after the confrontation with Stamp and her parole officer, she finds out that her son has been kidnapped as a way of getting her to pull a heist, and this leads her into a one way battle to find her son. From here, the film just gets more ridiculous, with only one element to save it, the feisty performance of Basinger whom I felt sorry for both for her character's situation and the very flawed script. This film really had potential and they really blew it. It's watchable in spite of all these absurdities, and it's amazing that facing or comes out of this smelling like a rose even though the film is covered in sewage.
There are so many stupid elements within the film, starting with the scene where her ex arranges to meet her to give her belongings that have been in storage, and their son walks in. Obviously if he didn't want her to see him, he would not have brought him. Basinger gives him a deserving slap across the face (which in reality would have landed her back in the hole), and later, she knees the gun carrying gangster associate of Stamp's in the groin, grabs his gun (with no gloves, leaving fingerprints), throws it and walks away. Obviously she could have been set up for any crime with that happening.
Right after the confrontation with Stamp and her parole officer, she finds out that her son has been kidnapped as a way of getting her to pull a heist, and this leads her into a one way battle to find her son. From here, the film just gets more ridiculous, with only one element to save it, the feisty performance of Basinger whom I felt sorry for both for her character's situation and the very flawed script. This film really had potential and they really blew it. It's watchable in spite of all these absurdities, and it's amazing that facing or comes out of this smelling like a rose even though the film is covered in sewage.