Release Date: 10/6/1998 Original Release: 1987 Format: DVD Length: 120 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085391178729 Studio: Warner Home Video
Roman Polanski's FRANTIC is an engaging thriller in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock. Harrison Ford plays Richard Walker, an American heart surgeon vacationing with his wife, Sondra (Betty Buckley), in Paris, where he is to attend a medical convention. Sondra suddenly and unexpectedly disappears from the couple's hotel room while Richard is taking a shower, and when she doesn't return after several hours, he decides to report the incident. But neither the French police nor the U.S. embassy offers much help or even appears particularly interested in his dilemma. On the brink of despair, Walker decides to embark on an investigation himself, aided by Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner), a carefree, seductive gamine who is also mixed up in the case, as he discovers after tracing back to her a mysterious piece of switched luggage that he suspects his wife's kidnappers are after. When the mismatched duo finally succeed in tracking down the perpetrators, it becomes apparent that the stakes in this extortion scheme are far higher than they imagined. Ford, cast somewhat against type, gives a credible, low-key performance as the anxious Walker. Polanski also cowrote this suspenseful film, assigning the female lead to his young wife (Seigner).
Roman Polanski (Bitter Moon, The Ninth Gate) gives us another suspense thriller set in Paris. Harrison Ford is in town with his wife on a second honeymoon and to give a speech at a medical... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on February 2, 2007
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If you haven't heard of this one you're truly missing out on one of the best flims that stayed pretty much off the radar.Those that know the work of director Roman Polanski will wonder how they... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on June 16, 2007
