
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
6.5
443 reviewsRuntime: 116 min.
Budget: $14,500,000
Revenue: $65,673,233
Release Date: 1987-08-05
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Silver Screen Partners II, Touchstone Pictures
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0094025
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Collection: Stakeout Collection
"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.