Synopsis
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
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Cast
- John TravoltaWarrant Officer Paul Brenner
- Madeleine StoweWarrant Officer Sarah Sunhill
- James CromwellGeneral Joseph Campbell
- Timothy HuttonColonel William Kent
- Leslie StefansonCaptain Elisabeth Campbell
- Daniel von BargenPolice Chief Yardley
- Clarence Williams IIIColonel George Fowler
- James WoodsColonel Robert Moore
- John BeasleyColonel Dr. Donald Slesinger
- Boyd KestnerCaptain Jake Elby
Recommendations
- 70
Washington Post
The movie, directed by Simon West isn't bad, although the repeated shots of Campbell lying spread-eagled on the ground, and the amount of detail we're forced to swallow about the horrors she underwent border on the offensive. - 50
Los Angeles Times
A middling, so-so thriller about a murder investigation on an Army base, it falls to Earth somewhere between failure and success, inconclusive to the end. - 50
Dallas Observer
It should be said that Travolta delivers a wonderful performance that's lost in a mediocre -- and, at times, rather misogynistic and homophobic -- film. - 50
Salon
Isn't the worst film in the world, but its vision of reality seems so stylized, so fake, that I came out of it wondering whether it has the slightest idea what it's talking about. - 50
Chicago Reader
The feminist veneer is the most deeply disturbing part of this callow thriller, whose fetishizing of a dead woman's body (and a live woman's sexual behavior) is far more questionable than anything even "The Silence of the Lambs" has been accused of. - 50
Rolling Stone
Watching John Travolta ease into a role is always a pleasure, but this film version of Nelson DeMille's 1992 best-selling mystery novel is a lurid mess. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Highly recommended for graduate psychology students in aberrant sexuality, but others can probably skip sans regret. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
To divulge the plot would spoil the experience -- you'll be shocked to discover, and maybe even surprised to learn, just how lame the damn thing really is.
