No one seems to ever talk about this remake, with its unfashionable director and middle aged stars, but it's a decent thriller with some twists and turns, less glaring logic problems than other Peter Hyams movies, a very funny quip at a killer "you know what I like about you? your tall", beautiful photography, strong acting (James Sikking is good as always as a killer, Gene Hackman is always strong, Anne Archer gets a decent role). There's also his crisp whispering - it's a thing in Hyams films.
Borrows a bit from the original - bratty kid with a gun, tubby man on the train, assassins bribing the hero, hero's bestie is killed early - but it lacks the twist (it's an undercover gal). Nice scenery.
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