The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

USA 1992 - 125 min.

Starring: Kevin Costner - Whitney Houston - Gary Kemp (Sy Spector) - Bill Cobbs - Ralph Waite

Director: Mick Jackson

Script: Lawrence Kasdan

Production: Lawrence Kasdan - Jim Wilson - Kevin Costner

Music: Alan Silvestri

Rating:

Summary

A former secret service agent is now a bodyguard for a pop diva turned actress. His task is made more complicated by the staff surrounding the star, such as her thouroughly career orientated publicist (played by Gary). In the course of protecting the unpredictable star and her little son from what seems a homocidal fan both main characters get rather close and eventually fall in love. All threads are brought together at the Oscar's where the final showdown between the assasin and the bodygard takes place ...

Comment

Okay, we know, millions and millions of movie goers have seen and loved this film, nevertheless we give it a low rating. How can that be? Well, let us quote the AMG here, one reason are the "plot holes one can drive trucks through". The film may be quite a good 'popcorn movie', but still, the characters are so unreal, the love story is hardly convincing and Kevin Costner is so sickeningly heroic that we had no fun watching this epos. Some of the support cast do a really good job, especially Gary and Ralph Waite, but the hour between Gary's last scene and the Oscar's is so fundamentally boring that the fairly interesting beginning and the action packed ending can't save the film.

Oscar-worthy: Gary's last scene

What's left in the end is an average flick with a rather annoying last scene. This film marks Mr Costner's direct way to 'Waterworld' and finally 'The Postman' ... let's face it man, there's only so much heroism people can take!!!

Availability

as video to rent ... almost everywhere

as video to buy ... almost everywhere

as laser disc ... USA

as DVD video ... USA, UK, Germany, Holland, Japan

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Nota Bene

World Premiere: November 1992, Los Angeles, USA

Awards:

February 1990 Germany
Goldene Leinwand
(for more than 3 Mio viewers
in only three weeks)

Money: top grossing film of 1992

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