Most Wanted (1997)
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16% of critics liked it
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39% of users liked it
(6,178 ratings)
Actor-comedian-talk show host Keenen Ivory Wayans stars in his own action thriller screenplay about a war hero who becomes the fall guy in a frame-up. During the Persian Gulf War, U.S. Marine Sgt. James Dunn (Wayans) refuses to shoot a young shepherd, struggles with a superior officer, and winds up… More Actor-comedian-talk show host Keenen Ivory Wayans stars in his own action thriller screenplay about a war hero who becomes the fall guy in a frame-up. During the Persian Gulf War, U.S. Marine Sgt. James Dunn (Wayans) refuses to shoot a young shepherd, struggles with a superior officer, and winds up with a murder conviction. Sentenced to death in a military prison, Dunn is rescued from a prisoner-transport bus and selected for a special covert "Black Sheep" unit commanded by Lt. Col. Grant Casey (Jon Voight). Casey offers Dunn freedom if he will aid their battle against corrupt industrialist Donald Bickhart (Robert Culp). During the dedication of a Los Angeles medical research building, the First Lady is assassinated, and Dunn discovers that he has been set up as the trigger-man. Caught in a conspiracy, Dunn relies on his own survival skills and expert military training to elude those in pursuit, including corrupt Army superiors plus police and government agents. To clear his name and expose the real killers, Dunn kidnaps Dr. Victoria Constantini (Jill Hennessy), an eyewitness who made a videotape of the assassination. Now he has the evidence he needs and an uncooperative hostage, but after a $10 million bounty is announced, his situation gets even more desperate as he finds himself chased through the streets of Los Angeles by an immense money-hungry crowd hoping to collect the reward. The freeway filming of this chase featured an unprecedented stunt -- 16 stunt people simultaneously hit by 20 cars. Another stunt required a leap from a 45-story building. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Hogan, Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Written By
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 10, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
Keenen Ivory Wayans ... is said to have done some of the research for his story on the Internet, which is just one more reason to fear the influence of this technological monster.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Blandly generic and transparently derivative, pic appears to have been cobbled together from bits and pieces of earlier, better thrillers.
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John Hartl, Film.com
Aside from a quirky performance by Jon Voight and a couple of well-executed action sequences, there's little to distinguish this Keenen Ivory Wayans production from dozens of other assassination-conspiracy thrillers.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Not Bad.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Not only is the screenplay for Most Wanted laughably absurd, but it contains line after line of the worst dialogue available in any film currently on a multiplex screen.
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Cast
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
as Sgt. James Dunn
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Jon Voight
as Casey/Woodward
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Jill Hennessy
as Dr. Victoria Constantini
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Paul Sorvino
as Rackmill
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Eric Roberts
as Spencer
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Robert Culp
as Donald Bickhart
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Wolfgang Bodison
as Capt. Steve Braddock
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Simon Baker-Denny
as Stephen Barnes
- John Voight
- Jaime Ray Newman
