Travolta and Vaughn are very good in this familiar but fast-paced thriller that, while never providing any REALLY overpowering suspense, manages to be a fairly diverting 90 minutes. Director Harold Becker does his best with a thin script that, with a bit of judicious editing, would look right at home as a made-for-TV movie. It's variation on the "little boy who cried wolf" story and it has it's share of contrivances, but Travolta is predictably compelling as the nice-guy dad (SO nice that it provides one of the movie's most nagging questions: WHY did his wife see fit to divorce him?)and Vaughn is appropriately creepy as the new husband and stepdad with a shady past and sinister present.
Not a classic, but given the talent involved, not bad either. My rating: **1/2 stars.
Not a classic, but given the talent involved, not bad either. My rating: **1/2 stars.