Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Christophe Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

kapelusznik18 ****SPOILERS*****Secret Service Agent Jay Killon, Charles Bronson, has his hands full protecting first lady Lara Royce Craig, Jill Ireland, in her wanting to be herself, or just one of the girls, and not being protected by him even when her life is in danger. At first Killon just about had it with Lara-Code Name Big Moma #1-until he realizes that those out to whack her are close members of her husband Preident Calvin Craig's, Charles Howerton, inner circle! Taking matters as well as the First Lady Lara Craig into his own hand Killon breaks protocol and checks out with her into a number of sleazy hotels and motels rooms, to avoid suspicion, until those who are out to kill her hired hit-men Pritchard Young, Billy Hayes, and his boss Eddie Bracken,Erik Stern, are either killed or apprehended!What makes Killon's job so difficult is that the two hired assassins are working for the Senate Majority leader the shifty eyed and sweaty looking Sen. Hector Bunsen, Michael Ansara, who's out to keep some very embarrassing and sensitive material about his boss Pres. Craig from becoming public! What that has to do is with an accident he was involved in that left him, the most powerful man on earth, totally impotent! A fact that would, by losing the womens vote, keep Craig from getting re-elected to a second term!****SPOILERS****The last of the 13 films that Charles Bronson and his wife Jill Ireland were in together with Jill passing away from breast cancer three years later in 1990 at age 54. As you would expect from a Charles Bronson movie you got tons of explosion and action scenes with an exciting motor boat chase that ended with hit-man Eddie Bracken getting his face rearranged. That's when Killon who looked like he was about to get it pull out a surprise from between his legs and it wasn't what you or Bracken would think it is!

AaronCapenBanner Charles Bronson plays Jay Killian, a veteran Secret Service agent who finds himself assigned to protect the new First Lady(played by his wife Jill Ireland) who is a naive and arrogant feminist that resents being guarded. Of course, his protection is vital because someone is trying to kill the first lady(code name "one mama"!). Killian must go on the run with her on a cross-country trek to uncover the conspirators in this plot.Drearily routine and tired film with bored looking actors going through the motions. Plot is ridiculous, and direction(by Peter Hunt) surprisingly poor; it's as if everyone knew this was a turkey, so didn't try very hard. Almost good bad, but not quite. At least it's innocuous...

vchimpanzee Secret service Agent Jay Killian is back on the job after some problems. He is no longer allowed to guard the President, though. His job is to protect the new First Lady, Lara Royce Craig, who apparently comes from a wealthy family and believes she can do what she wants without listening to anyone.While Mrs. Craig rides to her husband's inauguration in an open car (something no one in the First Family has done since Kennedy was shot), one of the police officers riding alongside has a wreck (and this being a Charles Bronson movie, naturally the bike has to explode). Killian believes it was no accident.Later, Mrs. Craig escapes on several occasions, though the Secret Service is able to find her in each case. Mrs. Craig's behavior is a problem not just because she needs protection under normal circumstances, but because it seems someone actually wants to kill her.Jill Ireland was deliciously witchy (actually that should start with a b) as the First Lady. Charles Bronson's character showed intelligence, and he wouldn't back down but remained strong in the face of the First Lady's protests.It was a pleasure to see the man who played the uptight and dignified Cloud Dancing in "Dr. Quinn" as an almost stereotypical Native American, a car salesman willing to laugh at people's expectations of his people and go along for the money.Jan Gan Boyd, as Killian's partner (in more ways than one?) was pretty and perky but showed confidence in her facial expressions. Too bad she often seemed to be reading her lines.The violence wasn't constant, but this movie had plenty of gunfire toward the end, and quite a few unnecessary explosions. One exciting scene involved a railroad bridge.The scenery in Wyoming was beautiful.I don't think this was intended to be a comedy, but it certainly was in my opinion. I found it quite entertaining. The idea is to have no real expectations.

paul_johnr This was the next to last film appearance by Jill Ireland, who died of cancer in 1990 after four decades as a well-known actress and producer. Ireland made quite a few waves in the press when she dropped her then-husband David McCallum in 1967, beginning her long relationship with Charles Bronson. It is a great irony that Bronson, probably the all-time leader in number of deaths rendered on-screen, had one of the most enduring marriages in film history.'Assassination' seems to be a movie that was tucked into Cannon's production schedule for the sake of Bronson and Ireland. Ireland was already suffering from cancer-related illnesses in 1987 and you can almost picture the two actors wanting to do 'just one more, for old times' sake.' 'Assassination' is carelessly done as a whole, showing the lack of polish and dwindling funds that would tank Cannon by 1990. But there's a kind of nostalgia value in seeing the couple together one last time and the film makes you wonder what exactly helps a relationship to survive in the chaos that is Hollywood.Bronson plays Jay Killian, a high-ranking Secret Service agent who is assigned to protect the First Lady, Lara Craig (Ireland). The President's wife has a reputation for being difficult, bossing Service agents around and wanting to do things her own way. That all changes, however, when attempts are made on her life and she must journey with Killian by car, train, motorbike, and believe it or not, dune buggy to escape would-be assassins. There is little surprise here, as Killian believes the murderers are part of an inside job, perhaps arranged by the President himself. On the way, Killian and Mrs. Craig develop an unspoken affection for one another in scenes between Bronson and Ireland that are actually very funny.What really gets me is how this film was promoted upon its release and how it's still made to look as a DVD. The original trailer gives you the feeling that 'Assassination' is another cold-hearted Bronson shoot-'em-up. But a lot of this movie - which was rated PG-13, by the way - is in a comic vein, putting it along the lines of a romantic thriller like Bronson and Ireland's western 'From Noon Till Three.' Even the DVD case shows Bronson with a rocket launcher, ready to blow things up. Which he does, but to a lesser degree than his other '80s potboilers.On the whole, 'Assassination' is late Cannon slop work and doesn't really know what kind of film it wants to be. Besides drifting from actioner to romantic thriller and back again, there are serious mistakes in continuity, property values are bottom-of-the-barrel cheap, and the effects are dreadful; many of the explosions seem like matte work rather than being done on location. Robert Ragland, who had shown good composing skills in earlier films, teamed up with Valentine McCallum on a score that is mostly synthesized and better fit for television.Richard Sale's script has real lulus of dialogue, with the conversations between Bronson and Ireland the only bright spot. There is no explanation as to why the First Lady is called 'One Momma' all of a sudden, nor as to why Ireland is left with her British accent when the character is a Wyoming native. Jan Gan Boyd, playing Killian's main assistant, has a kitten-like personality and is badly miscast as a federal agent. Stephen Elliott (a former Tony Award nominee who died in May 2005), Randy Brooks, Erik Stern (as assassin Bracken), and Michael Ansara (Senator Bunsen) are acceptable in their supporting roles.Incidentally, this was the last film directing gig for Peter Hunt, who broke onto the scene with 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in 1969 and collaborated with Bronson and Lee Marvin on 'Death Hunt' in 1981. 'Assassination' is available on DVD through MGM Home Entertainment; it is presented in dual widescreen and standard format with three-language subtitles and theatrical trailer.** out of 4