After receiving a threatening messages that makes her fear and worry, a pop singer, asks a well known strong bodyguard, who does his work well, to be her personal guard, and he accepts her offer, but he finds the work with her is most likely as working with president, but everything changes when they fall in love with each others.
Lawrence Kasdan, it seems, mulled over the first draft of his screenplay twenty years ago; it should have been left to languish in development purgatory.
The premise is workable, but the movie is sabotaged by several elements, including the hot-and-cold dialogue, obvious red herrings, and a ludicrous climax centering on an assassination attempt at the Academy Awards ceremony.
Two long hours and 10 minutes after this tale begins, Rachel and Frank seem no closer than seatmates on a long bus trip.
Chicago Sun-Times
January 01, 2000
The movie does contain a love story, but it's the kind of guarded passion that grows between two people who spend a lot of time keeping their priorities straight.
