suryabali Forgettable movie.Nothing special in this movie.Mel Gibson Terrible Overacting ruin the movie.julia roberts is OK.Nothing new to see in this movie.Worst storyline, acting, direction, script.......Totally Crap...... Don't watch it

FlashCallahan Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he saved from muggers a while ago and now watches her from afar, like a pseudo guardian angel. She works for the government, but Fletcher is an outspoken critic of the government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. One of his theories finds itself to be accurate. But which one? Some dangerous people want him dead, and the only person he trusts is the woman he loves....The thing with this film is that Gibson is doing his usual kooky schtick that we all know and love from other Donner movies and the action comedies that made him such a big hit in Hollywood after Mad Max. But, kooky and mental health problems really don't mix, so you find yourself never really warming to his character, because even though he says he isn't, Jerry is a potential threat to Alice, because the man is unpredictable, so the film is pretty unsure of what kind of genre it falls into.The thought of Gibson and Roberts starring in a film together must have sounded like a license to print money in 1997, but it's easy to see why it didn't hit big at the box office. If Donner had gone a little darker, and made it a full on thriller, it would've done much better, because it has dark elements, but Jerry is portrayed as a lovable dolt who's misunderstood.Roberts is okay as Alice, and really comes into her own during the final act. Stewart plays Basil Exposition here, used only to explain story arcs and plot points to us via Roberts, but he plays a good spook.But the Donner sheen is there, and any film featuring the Gibson and the director is worth watching, I just wished the studio had gone for the dark route, done a straight up thriller and got rid of the tagged on happy ending.

LeonLouisRicci In 1997 Art Bell was Starting to Climb to the Top of Late Night Talk Radio and When the Show Reached its Peak a Few Years Later the Only Radio Talk Show Host that had More Listeners was Rush Limbaugh. It Should be Noted that Both Made Their Name on Conspiracy Theories.Art Bell is Still Around After Retiring a Number of Times, and Rushbo, Well You Know What He is Doing, Still Spouting Conspiracies, but Bell has been Replaced with the Indefatigable Alex Jones as the Supreme Leader of the CT Sheepal. Anyway, the Mel Gibson/Julia Roberts Movie is a Missed Opportunity, Dumbed Down and Played Mostly Tongue in Cheek. The Decision to Have Gibson Play Jerry as a Looney Tune did the Movie No Service. Julia is OK and Plays it All Perfectly Straight.But the Film Really Doesn't Settle Into Any Consistent Tone. It Bounces Around, Like Jerry, from One Idea to Another and One Style to Another. Some of it Works, Not Surprisingly the Serious Scenes. But When Gibson Overacts to the Point of Farce, Things Spiral Out of Control and the Film Loses it's Bona Fide.OK, Maybe Folks Can Go Along with this Fluff Film, Because the Majority of People Think that All Conspiracy Theory Advocates are Wacky Packs, but Think Again. Some Conspiracy Theories Turn Out to be True or Mostly True. Just Do an Internet Search.But Back to this Mediocre Movie. Overall, it is Worth a Watch but Prepare for Some Disappointment. Fans of the Two Leads will Most Likely Like it More than Most. But Anyone that Pays the Least Bit Attention to World of Real-Life Conspiracy Theories will Cringe.Note...Don't play a drinking game when the name Jerry is spoken, that would be dangerous.

SnoopyStyle Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a paranoid NYC cabbie. He sees conspiracy theories everywhere and is willing to tell everybody about them. He has a troubled past and is obsessed with Justice department lawyer Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) whom he rescued from a mugging 6 months ago. Then he gets kidnapped by spooks, tortured by Dr. Jonas (Patrick Stewart) and it's a matter of figuring out which theory of his got him into trouble.This movie wants to be and NEEDS to be a paranoid thriller. The audience has to question Jerry's sanity. However it never shows that he has hallucinations. Therefore it's never questioned that those things actually happened. Also his escapes come off as really silly and extremely unbelievable. I kept wanting the inner dark gritty paranoia conspiracy 70s drama to rise up but it's constantly stuck in a 90s action movie. There is an interesting idea of a movie. However there is light tone in the movie that is perpetuated by Mel Gibson's jokey performance and the FUN action scenes. This is not dark enough. If it wants to be a fun action movie, the lead should really be Julia Roberts. Mel should be the wacky co-star. My last complaint is the awkward attempt at romance. They have no chemistry at all and are better off not even going down that road. It cheapens Jerry's protection of her. The movie just wears down until the story becomes meaningless.