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So Seagal plays a DEA detective named John Hatcher who lost his partner on a drug investigation into, surprise surprise, Colombia!
When Jeanne Pollet(Anna Mouglalis) hear the story of the incident that happen on the day she was born that raise the possibility that she is the daughter of a famous pianist, André Polonski (Jacques Dutrone), she set to find out whether it's true or not, and giving the fact the she plays also the piano that's not such a remote idea.
Screenplay by Joan Andre and John Case may have worked better if approached as parody; this mystery thriller just plays tame, with director Ted Post asleep at the controls.
Lance Henriksen plays a billionaire who leads an expedition into the pacific northwest in hopes of finding his daughter as she was on board a small plane when it crashed in the mountains.
It plays like a slasher movie from the early eighties, down to the crappy score and ketchup SFX, but without the childhood nostalgia that is required to look fondly on such dross.
Valentina Cortese plays a concentration camp survivor who steals the identity of a dead woman and insinuates herself into the life of Richard Basehart (who happens also to be the guardian of the dead woman's son)...it's absurd and over-the-top but also topflight entertainment.
Stephen Seagal plays the role of a dude who gets talked into driving an armored car for a bank hold up and drives into everything that comes across his path.
This scene plays like the kind of soft-core porn you see on the SPICE channel.
Each part eventually plays out and then ties up at the end of the movie.
Matt Dillon plays Henry Chinaski, alter ego of author Charles Bukowski upon whose novel the film is based.
Mr. Allen again plays the only type of character that he's able, the sexually stunted man who can't get the girl.
James Mason plays the insurance investigator.
An execrable piece of schwarmerei that plays on our lingering cultural hero worship of firefighters after 9-11 -- which was, by the way, valid cultural hero worship.
He plays Caribe, an acclaimed hunter, who I would describe him as Jack Palance Light.
Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn nightclub dancer named Rusty who specializes in cheesecake chorus revues; she manages to get herself on the cover of a national fashion magazine, but her impending success as a solo (with romantic offers all around) has smitten boss Gene Kelly chomping at the bit.
Roger Moore plays a psychiatrist framed for the murder of one of his patients; Rod Steiger, chewing the scenery, is a hot-under-the-collar cop (it's easily his most embarrassing performance).
For all star John Carradine's intention of building an army in the service of the Third Reich with them, they are not seen to do much at all!; James Baskett (Uncle Remus from SONG OF THE SOUTH [1946]!) plays their leader, who also serves as Carradine's manservant.
The actor that plays Michael Jackson, jeez, I feel sorry for him!
Except that the actress that plays Liz Taylor looked too young and healthy to be playing Liz.
Dietrich plays the part of a Spanish woman by moving constantly, twisting at the waist and posturing and then twisting back, flouncing, tossing her head, and so forth.
From this point on the movie plays out like a bloated "Twilight Zone" episode.
Deneuve, not in the picture, plays the flute: "Here am I, darling!"
The actor who plays "Curly" Howard did a fine job of portraying the on camera antics of the most beloved Stooge.
Eaten Alive plays out like a bad rehearsal for the following year's Cannibal Ferox.
Our hero (let's call him Not Paul From the Diamond Center) plays the restaurateur with all the subtlety of The Simpsons' Luigi ("you lika da spaghetti?")
The actress who plays the wife looks familiar but sucks anyhow.
Louanne plays a little girl who is asked by (ahem) God to mount an advertising campaign that will get people to believe in him again.
In this movie, Cesar Romero actually plays the character of Octavio, the man who "discovered" Santana.
There are also two other actors, Monte Markham (plays Sam, who is trying to save his daughter) and Peter Mark Richman (plays the priest), who have large filmographies, and these are the only performances that are okay.
Amanda Bynes plays a girl who loves soccer so much that she pretends to be her twin brother to get on a team at a boarding school across town.
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