juneebuggy Oh Patrick Swayze, as much as I adore you, you did make some questionable (bad) movie choices in your career. I wonder whose idea the mullet tied into a ponytail was here? Not a great look but hey, it was the 80's so much can be forgiven.Here Swayze plays a Chicago detective who sets out to find the (mobster) responsible for the death of his brother. His other brothers (all mountain Hillbillies) want to avenge his murder too and the relatives come to odds about the "kind" of justice to be used. Yup, it's hillbillies against the mob. Wow. And Liam Neeson, well he plays one of the backwoods brothers (didn't see that coming) What an accent.However for such a terrible movie it is filled with a bunch of young, on the rise talent. Helen Hunt is Swayze's wife, Bill Paxton and Liam his brothers and a baby faced Ben Stiller. If you're in the right mood this is kind of a fun movie. 09.13

LeonLouisRicci Here is an Example why Patrick Swayze (who? the haircut!) Never went Beyond His 15 Minutes of Fame and Liam Neeson is Still Going Strong. Talent and Ability. Director John Irvin Lost His Edge on this One and Delivered a Laughable, Clumsy, Shallow, and Listless Movie. The List of Name Actors going through the Motions here is Impressive and Long, but Doubtful that Any of Them Used this One on Their Resume. This Dog Don't Hunt.Occasionally the "Action" is Overscored by an FM Soft Rock Ballad with Lyrics about Family (or Kin) that make the Eyes Roll and a Knee Slap Inevitable. The Hillbilly and Mob Clichés abound and the Trademark Cultural Flourishes are on a Level Lower than Dirt. Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, and Ben Stiller all Compete with Swayze for the Razzberries.The Climactic Shoot Out is so Bland and Pretentious it can be a Hoot if You let it. There are Snakes on a Bus, Bear Trap, Bows and Arrows, Crossbow, Machine Guns, 45's, Shotguns, Grenade Launcher, Knives, a Hatchet. Hound-Dogs, and for the Really Big Ending...A Fist Fight.One of the Worst Action Movies of the Decade. The Only Attraction is the Big Name Cast and the Chicago Locations. Both are Misused and Mishandled. This One Misses all the Marks.

utgard14 Hillbilly-turned-Chicago cop Patrick Swayze sets out to find his brother Bill Paxton's killer. His other brother Liam Neeson comes to the city to find the killer himself -- hillbilly style! It's hillbillies vs mobsters on the streets (and a cemetery) of Chi-town. I'm sure whoever did the casting on this movie had a brief career. I can buy Swayze and Paxton as hillbillies but Neeson? Also, Ben Stiller as a Sicilian mobster?Swayze is a citified hillbilly. We know they've civilized him because he pulls his mullet back into a fashionable ponytail. Neeson is not civilized. We know this because he wears a dirty baseball cap at all times, even when he has on a suit. Helen Hunt is Swayze's city wife. She plays the violin, which Swayze's hillbilly kin refer to as the fiddle. Rest assured, this movie never misses a chance to traffic in clichés.The action is so-so and the performances are about what you would expect. Swayze takes his part very seriously. Adam Baldwin seems to know the score and hams it up appropriately as the villain. There are many quotable lines, which is the mark of a good cheesy action movie. It's not at the top of my list of great '80s actioners but it's worth checking out anyway.

merklekranz Never believable as hillbillies, Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson struggle with a one idea script that runs out of steam in the first half hour. Helen Hunt adds little as the violin teacher love interest. A few action scenes, one involving elevated trains, and the presence of the always interesting Michael J. Pollard help, but can't move the film beyond mediocrity. Believability flies out the window and what remains is such a stretch that the movie bogs down. The cops stand by while the vigilante hicks run amok with bows and arrows and shotguns. Then in the finale, the main mobster pulls a no surprise "surprise ending" that does little more than leave the audience more unsatisfied than before. - MERK