Art LaFleur, Bill Cobbs, Blake Boyd

An underrated actor, Sinbad is very good in this comedy-drama about a Secret Service agent who gets the thankless detail of guarding the president's bratty son. In time, the two become touchingly clos...( read more  read more... )e, with Sinbad's character providing the kind of surrogate fathering the boy's ultra-busy dad can't give. The plot takes an inevitable turn toward greater drama when the young man is kidnapped, but director David Mickey Evans handles the whole thing very well, and the resolution makes for fairly satisfying action. But Sinbad's presence is an agreeably warm one--though he is also quite funny and original in early sequences when the prez's son is tormenting him--and makes this film surprisingly watchable. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 101 min.

Directed by: David M. Evans

Release Date: August 30, 1996

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DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003

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  • September 2, 2008
    I totally remember the scene where the feeble white kid slaps a bully. Then, Sinbad teaches him to be manly because knowing how to work a punching bag will solve all of your problems in life.
  • January 19, 2008
    Garbage
  • August 12, 2007
    An underrated actor, Sinbad is very good in this comedy-drama about a Secret Service agent who gets the thankless detail of guarding the president's bratty son.
  • January 13, 2008
    good.
  • September 18, 2009
    NOT A GREAT MOVIE, BUT STILL ONE I LOVED AS A KID
  • July 16, 2009
    SEEN IT
    REVIEW COMING SOON
  • June 29, 2009
    Sinbad is crazy...He made the movie though"
  • June 9, 2009
    While watching Sinbad trying to teach the kid to dance cool, I realise that I don't know who dances worse.
  • June 5, 2009
    i just realized i've seen a lot of sinbad movies...
  • June 5, 2009
    It's a must see classic!!

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