Stakeout

Stakeout

1987-08-05 1h 56m R
Action Comedy Romance
6.5
User Score
433 votes

"It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!"

Overview

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

John Badham

Director

Jim Kouf

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$14,500,000

Revenue

$65,673,233

Runtime

1h 56m

Release Date

1987-08-05

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Reviews

kevin2019

kevin2019

2024-01-25T00:25:44.017Z

"Stakeout" is a perfectly packaged film which has been expertly crafted to successfully achieve maximum results. It has been aimed directly at the commercial market and this would ordinarily mean a somewhat cynical and by-the-numbers motion picture experience with lots of money thrown at it to accommodate the noisy action sequences with very little attention being paid to the rest of it. Of course a good deal of that also applies here, although with the significant difference being a lot more attention has been paid to making this entertaining above all else. What all this amounts to on this occasion is a very engaging and well paced film with considerably more depth of character and story than you would expect and it has a fair share of humorous and perilous surprises thrown into the mix for good measure.