Malone (1987)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Richard Malone	Burt Reynolds
Charles Delaney	Cliff Robertson
Hawkins	Kenneth McMillan
Jo Barlow	Cynthia Gibb
Jamie	Lauren Hutton

Review

A good, old action flick if there ever was one. Not with emphasis on "good", however. This is not a film about people with normal motivation. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure it's a movie about motivation at all. These are just nice, fat stereotypes behaving the way they are expected to in order to fit into the very uncreative 1980s action genre. That said, the hero isn't played by just anybody here. With Burt Reynolds, you'll always have fun, because his acting isn't based on realism. It's based on claiming as much attention as possible and gladly flashing about a little if he can. The conflict between Reynolds and Cliff Robertson, all stupidity aside, has potential and is somewhat radiant. Robertson has that devilishly charming grin that few, other than Burt Reynolds, could match. They are both genial and mean at the same time. Unfortunately, the film doesn't really provide them with proper material, and Malone is, ultimately, a fairly stupid, uninspired yarn that has little to offer but a couple of semi-weary stars and a dose of good-old action.