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Most Wanted (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 4  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 3.5/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Synopsis: A dual debut from first-time director Hogan and first-time screenwriter Wayans, who writes himself into a fierce predicament as a decorated Marine whose refusal to carry out a covert mission (assassinating the First Lady, that is) results in his being set up as a murderer. Consequently,... A dual debut from first-time director Hogan and first-time screenwriter Wayans, who writes himself into a fierce predicament as a decorated Marine whose refusal to carry out a covert mission (assassinating the First Lady, that is) results in his being set up as a murderer. Consequently, he's forced onto the lam with a hostage in tow. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, Robert Culp

Director: David Hogan
Screenwriter: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Composer: Paul Buckmaster
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Tony Mark, Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Jan 30, 2007

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Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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02/12/04
Dragan Antulov
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Weak action movie. Not enough thrills to elevate the totally average story.

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08/11/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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2/4

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03/16/03
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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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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02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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Blandly generic and transparently derivative, pic appears to have been cobbled together from bits and pieces of earlier, better thrillers.

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02/14/01
Joe Leydon
Variety
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The good news is that he infuses the potentially dry, formulaic plot with comedy. The bad news is that it’s a by-the-numbers production.

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The result is an all-around competence that seems more than the sum of its parts.

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01/01/00
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine
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3/10

Most Wanted is an overly familiar B-grade action flick...

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01/01/00
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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1.5/4

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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James Berardinelli
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...directed with bland efficiency...

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Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Quite simply, Most Wanted is hack work, from every word of Wayans' screenplay to every exposed frame of David Glenn Hogan's direction.

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01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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1.5/4

[T]he film isn't as terrible as you might think — it's just bad.

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01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Not Bad.

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01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee
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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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01/01/00
John Hartl
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The movie is a conspiracy thriller with plenty of action scenes but not much in the way of tension or excitement.

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01/01/00
Liz Braun
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