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Uno stratega politico che si destreggia tra tre clienti si chiede se prendere o meno la strada maestra mentre il lato brutto del suo lavoro inizia a perseguitarlo.Uno stratega politico che si destreggia tra tre clienti si chiede se prendere o meno la strada maestra mentre il lato brutto del suo lavoro inizia a perseguitarlo.Uno stratega politico che si destreggia tra tre clienti si chiede se prendere o meno la strada maestra mentre il lato brutto del suo lavoro inizia a perseguitarlo.
Alan Dershowitz
- Erik - Tawny's Lawyer
- (as Dr. Alan Dershowitz)
Trama
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- QuizThe film was shot in San Francisco in 21 days.
- Citazioni
Paul Turner: You don't get the outsized talent without the outsized weakness.
Recensione in evidenza
There have been recent political campaign movies such as The Ides of March which had a more heavyweight cast. There are classics such as Robert Redford in The Candidate. Knife Fight reminds me of Sidney Lumet's Power from 1986 which also had a high calibre cast but a tepid reception by the critics and at the box office.
Rob Lowe plays Paul a highly sought after, cynical and ruthless election strategist. He declares, 'To win in politics, you have got to be the person who is willing to bring a gun to a knife fight.' Which is something Sean Connery said in The Untouchables before being shot a 100 times!
Paul can deal with any political disaster presumably such as those handled by the campaign team who dealt with Bill Clinton when he ran for Presidency the first time round, when his team realised that their was hardly any woman left in Arkansas that he had not slept with. In fact Chris Lehane, one of the co-writers was an aide to Clinton and Gore.
Paul deals with winners and over the years he has become jaded, cynical and has little time for people who are altruistic.
Things change when he takes on a doctor who runs a free clinic as a candidate for Governor and who tweaks the last shred of idealism left in him. Otherwise there are the usual politicians running for elections who are philanderers or are caught in some embarrassing situations that Paul needs to spin out.
The film is underwhelming and never strongly registers as the script is limp. Lowe underplays his role but apart from Carrie Ann Moss's idealistic character the rest of them are shallow and mean and they are supposed to be liberals as well.
As a political satire it does not work as it is not funny or biting enough. Even with story of the doctor you can guess the twist rather easily.
Rob Lowe plays Paul a highly sought after, cynical and ruthless election strategist. He declares, 'To win in politics, you have got to be the person who is willing to bring a gun to a knife fight.' Which is something Sean Connery said in The Untouchables before being shot a 100 times!
Paul can deal with any political disaster presumably such as those handled by the campaign team who dealt with Bill Clinton when he ran for Presidency the first time round, when his team realised that their was hardly any woman left in Arkansas that he had not slept with. In fact Chris Lehane, one of the co-writers was an aide to Clinton and Gore.
Paul deals with winners and over the years he has become jaded, cynical and has little time for people who are altruistic.
Things change when he takes on a doctor who runs a free clinic as a candidate for Governor and who tweaks the last shred of idealism left in him. Otherwise there are the usual politicians running for elections who are philanderers or are caught in some embarrassing situations that Paul needs to spin out.
The film is underwhelming and never strongly registers as the script is limp. Lowe underplays his role but apart from Carrie Ann Moss's idealistic character the rest of them are shallow and mean and they are supposed to be liberals as well.
As a political satire it does not work as it is not funny or biting enough. Even with story of the doctor you can guess the twist rather easily.
- Prismark10
- 12 gen 2016
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 7.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 5.661 USD
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 5.661 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 40 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.78 : 1
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