#BREAKAWAY MOVIE TV#
Another annoying aspect of the film is that being a tv movie, we get the commercial breaks, and the time between these segues is unusually long, even for a DVD.
#BREAKAWAY MOVIE MOVIE#
Eric Roberts fills the thief's shoes nicely, but one has to ask if he will ever make a "real" movie ever again he seems to get stuck in these made for tv or straight to video thrillers. Dean Cain seems to be having a good time in his Bruce Willis impersonation and Erika Eleniak is lovely to look at and is certainly improving as an actress. What does this kindly father plan to do with the left over money? Open a clinic? The movie is implausible as all heck, but it's done with such fervor and kinetic energy, you find yourself getting caught up in it, knowing how implausible it is.
A man whose son is dying of leukemia wants to steal about 10 million dollars so he can get his son the 250,000 operation. And it's even better because it's on Christmas Eve in Chicago. A lot of noisy, really noisy, action scenes fill the screen, and being in a mall, just think of the things you get to blow up or shatter: store windows, tvs, mannequins, mirrors, etc., etc. "If you have been dying to see a ritzy mall decimated, blown up, shattered, broken, etc., then BREAKAWAY (where in the world did the title come from?) is your cup of egg nog. Excuse me for giving rather unkind review, though, because I expect more from these two actors, who could do better." A shame.Not bad as you may imagine, and above average as made-for-TV film, "Breakaway" is good for a rainy day afternoon. After all, he is an Oscar-nominee, and is really a good actor. His 'villain' betrays our expectation, showing more humane side than Allan Rickman's often thatrical mannerism. Dean Cane plays a guy to whom we can easily relate, but more surprising is Eric Roberts (Julia's brother, well, just in case you forget), who should be given much better materials than here. There is some original things about the film - a hired Santa with a small bottle hidden in sleeve is one of them - but they just pass by without being impressive nor effective. But the lack of new touch (and money perhap) in action scenes is felt too obviuosly.
Does that sound familiar? The situation is directly from one famous Bruce Willis action classic, and moreover, Morgan tries to get in touch with another cop outside the place to tell what is going on, by cell phone this time, not radio.The hackneyed plot, however, is not to blame actually, the film is mildly engaging. And his wife (Erika Eleniak, a girl jumping out from a giant cake in "Under Siege") is also trapped there and the time is Christmas. Morgan (Dean Cane) finds himself trapped in a shopping center where a group of theives try to steal the money. just look at this story, OK? A Chicago cop Lt. "Though I gave only two stars, this made-for-TV film is not as bad as you expect from that rating.
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