SnoopyStyle Richard Montgomery (Aidan Quinn) makes a daring escape with the help of his cousin Caylor Reese (Ian Tracey). He killed an FBI agent and then they killed a prison guard. Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are assigned to stakeout his old girlfriend Maria McGuire (Madeleine Stowe). Phil Coldshank (Dan Lauria) and Jack Pismo (Forest Whitaker) are the other two cops assigned the other half of the stakeout. She's suppose to be 313 lbs but instead, Chris starts falling for the beautiful McGuire.This has some mildly funny moments. Estevez is solid as the happily married man. Dreyfuss is the one with the fun brash single guy. They have good chemistry together and it's mostly a good buddy cop movie. It's missing some bigger laughs. The guys are not necessarily comedians for that to work.

d_m_s Another film where it's easy to mix up the original with the sequel.This is a really dull film which, from memory, I thought was more enjoyable.Dreyfuss and Estevez hang out in an empty house opposite the house of the (ex?)girlfriend of a recently escaped convict, waiting for the con to turn up.Much time is wasted on frivolities and Dreyfuss tries (and unbelievably succeeds) to bed the female protagonist. Yawn.Very dull, very predictable and way too long. I had to turn off after about 30 minutes. From memory the sequel is far more enjoyable and a lot funnier.

wes-connors In an exciting opening, psycho scary-looking Aidan Quinn (as Richard "Stick" Montgomery) escapes from prison, with help from his model-perfect cousin Ian Tracey (as Caylor Reese). It's an incredibly lucky break - but so effectively done, you leave your brain at the door and enjoy the movie. The case is super-hot, so the FBI calls in Seattle, Washington's finest. Feds figure Mr. Quinn will try to see ex-girlfriend Madeleine Stowe (as Maria McGuire), so they assign detective Richard Dreyfuss (as Chris Lecce) and his young partner Emilio Estevez (as Bill Reimers) to "Stakeout" her home...Watching Ms. McGuire from across the street turns out to have fringe benefits; she's an arousing woman. In order to "tap" her calls, Mr. Dreyfuss poses as a telephone repair man. The two are mutually attracted...Everything works well to make this am entertaining film. Director John Badham puts James Kouf's story together expertly. Dreyfuss bounces off of everyone and everything well; his 1987 "box office" standing took an immediate rise. Action sequences are tightly edited and the cast carries us through. One jarring note in the otherwise fun thrill-ride is the unnecessarily brutal opening; specifically, Quinn's brutality sets an unfunny tone which could have been better paced if his tendency to murder began with his service station heist. We know he's bad. The stunt workers should have received bonus checks.******** Stakeout (8/5/87) John Badham ~ Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn, Madeleine Stowe

David_Brown This film is one of my top 10 All-Time favorite films, and there is not anything to dislike about it. Action, humor, romance, drama, crime, humor, a great story, and soundtrack, you name it. In addition, the scene with the cat is a laugh out loud scene. But the Number ONE reason to watch this film is Maria, played by Madeleine Stowe who is not just beautiful (As always), but as usual, is no damsel in distress. Spoiler ahead: Like after she not once but twice saved Richard Dreyfuss, and said "You Belong To Me.". Trust me, I could have went for that. You even get to see the Madeleine Stowe look which is quite distinctive (You also see it at the showdown scene in "Bad Girls"). Note: After seeing this film avoid "Another Stakeout" (Except the last five minutes to see an uncredited Madeleine). Trading Madeleine for Rosie O'Donnell is the worst trade of a female lead in motion picture history (That film gets 1 star, and guess why? The Madeleine cameo otherwise it is a zero stars). If you are a Stowe fan, and you have not seen "Stakeout" it should be a must. If you don't know who she is and watch "Stakeout" you will become a fan: "Worth Winning", "The Generals Daughter", "Bad Girls", "Last Of The Mohicans", "Revenge", "Blink", simply anything she is in is worth watching.