Stakeout (1987)
Overview
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Det. Chris Lecce
Emilio Estevez
Det. Bill Reimers
Madeleine Stowe
Maria McGuire
Aidan Quinn
Richard "Stick" Montgomery
Dan Lauria
Det. Phil Coldshank
Forest Whitaker
Det. Jack Pismo
Earl Billings
Capt. Giles
Jackson Davies
FBI Agent Lusk
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"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.
