FAIR GAME (1995)
MORGAN'S RATING
Max Kirkpatric is an excellent cop who takes it to himself to protect the lovely Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.
William Baldwin (Max Kirpatric), Cindy Crawford (Kate Mc Quean), Steven Berkoff (Kazak), Christopher McDonald (Lt. Meyerson), Miguel Sandoval (Juantorena), Johann Carlo (Jodi), Salma Hayek (Rita), John Bedford Lloyd (Louis), Olek Krupa (Zhukov), Jenette Goldstein (Rosa), Marc Macaulay (Navigator), Sonny Carl Davis (Baker), Frank Medrano (Graybera), Don Yesso (Beanpole), Paul Dillion (Hacker), Gustav Vintas (Stefan), Scott Michael Campbell (Adam), Dan Hedaya (Hallenbeck, uncredited).
HE'S A COP ON THE EDGE. SHE'S A WOMAN WITH A DANGEROUS SECRET. AND NOW THEY'RE BOTH...FAIR GAME.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
DIRECTOR: Andrew Sipes.
WRITER: Charlie Fletcher.
Based on the novel by Paula Gosling.
PRODUCERS:
Joel Silver and John Davis.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Alan Schechter.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Thomas M. Hammel.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Mancina.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.
QUOTES
Max: Who's ever after you are real pros.
Kate: I guess I should be proud, it would be embarrasing to be killed by an amateur.
Max: [nervous] Are you looking for hardware...or is it software you're interested in?
Kate: [sexy] Hardware. I was hoping to demo your unit.
Adam: I'd have to...boot up first.
Kate: No one tried to kill me! This is Miami. I'm local. We only shoot the tourists.
FACTS
RELEASE DATE: November 3rd, 1995 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $4.9 million (USA)
BOX OFFICER RESULT: $11.1 million (USA)
BUDGET: $50 million (USA)
- Originally set in San Francisco, changed to Miami to suit
Sylvester Stallone, who subsequently left the project to pursue other projects.
- Nominated for two 1996 Razzie Awards for Worst Actress and Worst New Star.
Lt. Meyerson: Max, you obviously got me confused with someone who gives a rat's ass.
CRITICAL COMMENTS
"Arguably the worst movie of 1995." -- Leonard Maltin
"Fair Game works as a thriller for anyone who lives entirely in the present. Those with longer memories will find the film grows increasingly funny as it rolls along." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"Cindy Crawford makes her motion picture debut in Fair Game, an empty-headed action-thriller..." -- Hal Hinson, Washington Post
"Bottom line: Fair Game is howlingly bad-- so awful, in fact, that it can be enjoyed on a certain level." -- James Berardinelli