MCBAIN
A film review by Chuck Dowling
Copyright 1997 Chuck Dowling
McBain (1991) * out of ***** - Cast: Christopher Walken, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso. Directed By: James Glickenhaus. Running Time: 102 minutes.
A quote from the video box: "A macho action fantasy... a provocative revolutionary epic." -- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times.
First of all, I can't believe anyone could say such things about this film. Second, I dont even think it makes sense.
Christoper Walken sleeps through his role as a Vietnam POW, who eighteen years later reteams with the soldiers who rescued him and they try to liberate Colombia. Michael Ironside also doesn't seem to try very hard in his role as one of Walken's comrades. My main problem here is that these two actors are best known for being bad guys, and here they are supposed to be action heroes. I didn't buy it for a second. Will they succeed in their mission? I wonder...
"McBain" is such a familiar retread on so many movie cliches, I question how it can be provocative, revolutionary, or an epic. Provocative means "stimulating". I was stimulated enough to fast forward through most of the film. Revolutionary means "drastically different". Come on, this is every episode of "The A Team". And epic? Please. "The Longest Day" is an epic. "McBain" is just a waste of time.
-- Chuck Dowling Visit Chuck's Movie Reviews at http://users.southeast.net/~chuckd21/ Over 1,600 movies rated and/or reviewed! Movie news, film related links, and reader's reviews.
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