Eastwood constantly shifts back and forth in his feelings about the relationship between his heroes and the society that breeds them.

As a deeply personal work about free-floating existential identities, this 1989 film has the kind of grit and feeling that few action comedies can muster, with Eastwood and Peters interesting and unpredictable throughout.

It is the laziest sort of action comedy, with lumbering chase scenes, a dull-witted script and the charmless pairing of Mr. Eastwood and Bernadette Peters.

Certain actors are not cut out to do certain actor-y things. At this point in his career, Eastwood wasn't quite clear about his range, and that a role needing frenetic energy and speaking with a lisp, was maybe not the best use of his taciturn talents.