Oh, who am I kidding? Of course he’ll be a bad guy. Plus, Van Damme’s co-star is the much missed Ron Silver who probably plays Van-Damme’s loyal partner. It’s based on a Dark Horse comic book series, with a screenplay by the two creators, Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden, Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert are producers, and it’s directed by veteran Peter Hyams, who also acts as Director of Photography, as he likes to do on his movies. Well maybe I’m biased as I love time travel stories, but this one’s a hoot. It’s Jean Claude Van Damme’s greatest movie, Timecop. ![]() ![]() This is a run-on recording, so the next movie followed straight afterwards on the same channel. It’s a shame she doesn’t get more action roles, as on this evidence she’d more than hold her own in the genre.įollowing the movie, there’s a trail for Springhill, the weird Sky soap which had more than a few Doctor Who writers on its staff. Streep is as wonderful as ever, exactly who you’d want taking you down a dangerous river, and it’s really her movie. It’s a tense film, with great performances all round – Bacon’s boyish charm works really well when coupled with a dangerous streak, while Strathairn plays the meeker husband who has deeper resources than it first appears. Husband Strathairn turns up at the starting point of the trip, unexpectedly but the atmosphere between him and Streep remains frosty – she introduces him as ‘the father of my son’ rather than her husband.Īt first, Bacon and his friend, John C Reilly, just seem like slightly inept, slightly creepy rafters, but it soon becomes clear they’re far more malevolent. He’s a similar character here, striking up conversation with Bacon about his Lollapalooza baseball cap, and saying he was disappointed not to have seen Jane’s Addiction in concert before they broke up. Streep’s son is played by Joseph Mazzello, off of Jurassic Park. But she makes the mistake of helping out Kevin Bacon and his friend, who turns out to be evil, probably because he can’t get a 4G signal on his EE phone. Her marriage is shaky, because husband David Strathairn is spending all of his time at work rather than spend time with his family. Meryl Streep plays an expert oarswoman and all around outdoor person who takes her family on a river rafting holiday. ![]() The River Wild was recording on the movie channel.
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