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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Hbo Home Video
Salesrank: 34954
Released: January 7, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
When an honored cop finds his brother in bed with his wife, there are no lengths he won't go to for revenge and no one is above suspicion.
Above Suspicion Reviews:
Wow, What Irony! 
2009-07-13 - This is a pretty interesting crime movie that has been overshadowed by the irony of it: Christopher Reeve playing a man in a wheelchair, and he himself being paralyzed not long after this movie.
This story concerns a cop who gets paralyzed and then gets revenge on his wife and brother, both of whom were having an affair behind his back which he knew about. Joe Mantegna's role, I thought, was the best, as the pursuing cop on the case, although Reeve is very good, too. Kim Cattrall's garbage-mouth helps make her a convincing villain as the cheating wife.
There is one major credibility problem, however, with this film that might have you shaking your head. You'll have to check to movie to know what I mean, because I don't want to spoil it here. The film is a worth a look, however - definitely recommended. It will have you involved.
A Well Spun Yarn. (Spoilers)
2006-10-13 - A man and his wife lived on a farm. They were having financial troubles and one day the man went up to his wife.
He touched her b/reast\s and said, "If I could get milk out of these, I could get rid of the cow."
He then touched her between her l/eg\s and said, "If we could get eggs out of this, I could get rid of the chickens."
The wife then grabbed her husband's p/en\is and said, "If I could get h/ar\d out of this, I could get rid of your brother."
That's as close of a joke I could find to go with the film. It's pretty interesting, but still a "B" movie.
Christopher Reeve is a cop who gets shot and becomes paralized. He has a lusty wife who begins an affair with his flunkie brother who Reeve's character always calls "a f@#k up." But he cares about the "f$%k up."
I sided with Joe Mantegna throughout the whole movie because Reeve was just evil in my opinion. What kind of ego does a man have to have in order to kill two people he claims to love because they betrayed him. "You betrayed me, therefore you no longer deserve to live." I don't understand that mentality.
Still, it's a suspenseful and good psychological drama.
Art mimics Life 
2005-04-05 - What I find most interesting about this story is that it gives a virtual prediction in film of what happens in reality to Christopher Reeves' life.
Reeves' character, Dempsey, is a police officer who gets shot in a crime bust early in the film. This leaves him a paraplegic, confined to a wheelchair, and unable to use his lower body. He subsequently becomes depressed and suicidal. Does this ring a bell for anyone else here?
I was surprised the reviews I read below didn't mention the uncanny coincidence in the screenplay written five years before Reeve's tragic accident that left him a quadriplegic, a disability Christopher Reeves never recovered from and to which he finally succumbed.
The perfect...crime? 
2005-01-08 - This movie is sooo well done! An awesome cast: Joe Mantegna, the very sexy Kim Cattrall, and, of course, Christopher Reeve. Most importantly this movie has a great story. Just as you know, in a Bruce Lee movie, that he's [Lee is]nearly invincible, you know in this movie that Christopher Reeve's character is sharp as a tack, squared away and "wearing his game face". Joe Mantegna is a most worthy adversary. This is a masterfully crafted suspense movie. Kim Cattrall is devastating [steamy&cold-blooded]. You'll want to be in Chris Reeve's corner.
very cool...
2004-10-20 - I caught the end of this movie on tv a while back and the ending has always stuck with me. I could never find this movie at any local store so I just decided to buy it on amazon(it just arrived and I just finished watching it).This movie is excellent, many twists and turns, fine acting by Chris Reeve(R.I.P Superman)and the rest of the cast. Also, like I said before it features a very cool ending...kinda chilling...check it out!
