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Bird on a Wire

Play trailer Poster for Bird on a Wire PG-13 1990 1h 50m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) is put in witness protection after he helps the FBI bust drug dealer Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine). Fifteen years later, he is living with a new identity as a gas station attendant in Detroit. When an old flame named Marianne (Goldie Hawn) stops at the gas station and recognizes him, his cover gets blown. The recently released Sorenson finds out, and both Jarmin and Marianne have to flee across the country with the vengeful Sorenson in hot pursuit.
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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times We don't believe the characters, and so the elaborate chases and escapes and stunts and special effects are all affectations. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: D May 18, 1990 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) Miss Hawn spends much of the time screaming. Dec 13, 2024 Full Review Madeleine Harmsworth Sunday Mirror (UK) A pity it proves such a lacklustre affair. Rated: 2/5 Dec 13, 2024 Full Review Terry Francis Southern Voice (Atlanta) Another homophobic Mel Gibson movie. Rated: 0/4 May 9, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Munkhchimeg T Action with many excited moments ✨ cool Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Glen W Ridiculous plot, atrocious acting, moronic movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/01/24 Full Review Del The niche of 1990; the hair, the music, the corniness.. and who didn't love Mel and Goldie? This movie was released one year before I made my debut, and watching it as an adult 32 years later, it's everything I've hoped it to be. There's something that only certain generations can appreciate, and thankfully, as the tail end of the millennials, I can honestly say this movie doesn't disappoint! So many reminiscent moments with my family as a child of the 90's and an 80's massive buff. This movie is… muah 😘! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review Nina G Watched this movie several times and has a good mixture of fear, tension, love and sex appeal. Roles are of course kind of archetypical, but it's entertainment not reality. The story is quite interesting and the up by and downs to escape their enemies until the really captivating end in the zoo are what makes a film a fulfilling evening entertainment. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/11/24 Full Review Carlos I It's a pretty simple and silly action-comedy that's not gonna win any awards for originality, but it's light, breezy and fun. Hawn and Gibson have electric chemistry and make for a team I can watch all day. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/23 Full Review Jack t And now my No. 1 action comedy is Bird on the wire! It IS one of the awesomest films of all time. I've seen it a million times and I'll probably seen it a million times again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) is put in witness protection after he helps the FBI bust drug dealer Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine). Fifteen years later, he is living with a new identity as a gas station attendant in Detroit. When an old flame named Marianne (Goldie Hawn) stops at the gas station and recognizes him, his cover gets blown. The recently released Sorenson finds out, and both Jarmin and Marianne have to flee across the country with the vengeful Sorenson in hot pursuit.
Director
John Badham
Producer
Rob Cohen
Screenwriter
David Seltzer, Louis Venosta, Eric Lerner
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$68.8M
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Surround
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