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Most Wanted (1997)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:4

Rotten:21

Average Rating:3.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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]

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

Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, Robert Culp, Wolfgang Bodison, Lee De Broux, David Groh, John Diehl, Michael Marich, David Oliver, Eddie Velez, Eric Roberts

Director: David Hogan

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

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Wayans looks the action hero: buff, cool, and stoic, but in straying from his normal comedic persona he also strips himself of any charm and personality.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/05/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
N/R

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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03/10/05
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

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04/07/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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02/12/04
Dragan Antulov
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
Fred Topel
About.com

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03/16/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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
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
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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01/01/00
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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
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine

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

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

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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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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...directed with bland efficiency...

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
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
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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[T]he film isn't as terrible as you might think — it's just bad.

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01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Not Bad.

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01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

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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Film.com
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