Someone to Watch Over Me – 1987

I doubt that many people would have realised that this is one of Ridley Scott’s earlier films. From the opening scene though you would know that it has got his signature all over it. The sweeping shot of New York’s Chrysler building could mirror a scene from the sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

Someone to Watch Over Me is a thriller in which a woman who witnesses a murder is sent to protective custody, there she falls for her body guard detective. It’s a fairly clichéd film in that it takes portions of a film noir genre as well as a classic love affair.

Tom Berenger who has not had the most outstanding of careers plays the recently promoted detective who must control his desires for the women he is protecting. Claire Gregory played by Mimi Rogers is an innocent, sexy high class aristocrat who wants what she knows she cannot have.

It dips from thriller to love story but feels more like a romance with some high tension thrown in as an afterthought. The back drop of  a self obsessed 80s American works very well and Scott’s direction is astute as it is clinical with some great locations and camera shots.

It’s an average thriller at best but enjoyable nonetheless.

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Rating: (3/5)

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DVD Extras: Filmographies, Theatrical trailer

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