The hospitalized character that Timothy Dalton plays here is probably one of the most obnoxious characters I've ever seen on film. From the moment his hospital room made Anthony Edwards wakes up, giving him a hard time, even leaving him bedridden on the roof. Edwards doesn't tell the suspicious nurses what happened, but how he deals with the harassment so hideous that Edwards risks his health to get away from him. It becomes unbelievable when they start to bond, simply because Dalton never shuts up, and I guess if you're dying, you feel you can break the rules oh, so they end up stealing an ambulance and going on the run to Amsterdam and trying to find one last adventure.
I enjoyed Timothy Dalton as an actor, but his obnoxiousness in playing this character is difficult to take. He seems to be doing a Terence Stamp/Priscilla Queen of the Desert imitation, without the charm. Edwards is playing a more serious version of rules he's already played, and I truly felt sorry for his character. Why he didn't call the head nurse and ask for a different room it's beyond me. This is a difficult film to like and it takes the most patient of people to deal with this one particular patients.
I enjoyed Timothy Dalton as an actor, but his obnoxiousness in playing this character is difficult to take. He seems to be doing a Terence Stamp/Priscilla Queen of the Desert imitation, without the charm. Edwards is playing a more serious version of rules he's already played, and I truly felt sorry for his character. Why he didn't call the head nurse and ask for a different room it's beyond me. This is a difficult film to like and it takes the most patient of people to deal with this one particular patients.