Franklin's success with Psycho II saw him given this enjoyably Hitchcock pastiche slightly muted by the fact that Henry Thomas isn't very charismatic, ET or not, and Dabney Coleman, while fun, isn't as much fun once you know that Franklin wanted Kevin Kline, who would've been better.
I didn't enjoy this as much when I saw it as a kid. Still the San Antonio settings are fresh - the Alamo, a barge - the set pieces are enjoyable (the aiport finale) and the Hitchcock nods (little old couple turn out to be killers, dodgy fingers, etc). It's cleverly written by Tom Holland. The father-son stuff is touching.
It's an 80s kid film - I mean, Thomas shoots someone dead. The little girl is fine though presumably they wanted Drew Barrymore - I would've cast older and gone for some puppy love romance.
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