Paul Newman

Susan Sarandon

Gene Hackman

Reese Witherspoon

Stockard Channing

James Garner

Giancarlo Esposito

Liev Schreiber

Margo Martindale

John Spencer

M. Emmet Walsh

Peter Gregory

Rene Mujica

Patrick Malone

Lewis Arquette

Michael Brockman

April Grace

Clint Howard

John Cappon

Neil Mather

Ron Sanchez

Jack Wallace

Jeff Joy

Jonathan Scarfe

Stephanie Beaton

Jason Clarke

Robert Benton

Richard Russo

Elmer Bernstein

Piotr Sobociński

Carol Littleton

Ilene Starger

David Gropman

David J. Bomba

Beth A. Rubino

Nancy Thurston

Scott Rudin

Arlene Donovan

Michael Hausman

Scott Ferguson

David McGiffert

Joseph G. Aulisi

Tabby Hanson

Candace Neal

Crime

Thriller

Twilight

Cinehaus

Paramount Pictures

Scott Rudin Productions

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Whilst this boasts a really strong cast, it isn't really anything much to write home about as thriller. Retired cop "Ross" (Paul Newman) lives with the wealthy, but terminally ill, actor "Ames" (Gene Hackman) and his wife "Catherine" (Susan Sarandon). When a young girl is kidnapped, he is asked to deliver the ransom money - but as ever, no good deed goes unpunished, and soon he is embroiled in a twenty year old cold case involving her former husband that becomes distinctly perilous! James Garner appears and somehow that just put me in mind of one of the episodes from the "Rockford Files" upon which this could easily have been based. The cast are on screen, but they - especially Hackman - don't really seem to care. Their efforts are flat - not helped by an unremarkable screenplay and a plot that offers us nothing at all new. Indeed, one has to wonder what Paul Newman saw in it when he accepted the part. It's fairly clear to the audience who is pulling the strings and thereafter it's all just a procedural effort made watchable only by the charisma that is on the screen in spades. It is aptly named for the two leading gents; I doubt this is a film they would have touched in their prime.

Great cast in a so-so neo-noir thriller. Paul Newman, Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon were great and Newman's scenes with Hackman was some of the highlights. Also get to see Reese Witherspoon (and all her glory) and Liev Schreiber in supporting roles, along with James Garner who was always great even in a smaller role here. But the script and noir never quite clicked for me and the ending was a bit predictable, however at the very least this never dragged. **3.0/5**

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Twilight (1998) Original Trailer [HD 1080p]