JonathanWalford Although the film's story-line is fiction, the facts of this low-key thriller are based on truth and provide a 'what if' scenario that keeps the viewer engaged. The director, Peter Yates, captured a style of filming and cinematography that makes it feel almost like an undiscovered Hitchcock film. Kelly McGillis is believable, although perhaps not quite the typical Hitchcock blonde, and Jeff Daniels may sound a bit too modern in some of his speech inflections, but Everything else about this film reeked of authenticity, from the genuine feel of the sets and authentic but real clothing, to the dialogue. I don't know why this film rated only a middlin score with viewers - perhaps they were expecting more of an action thriller,rather than the political intrigue style of thriller that it is.

Robert J. Maxwell This was directed by Peter Yates -- responsible for a number of true originals, such as "Bullitt" -- and all this time I thought Brian De Palma owned the franchise on imitations of Alfred Hitchcock.I can't understand how Yates could simply thrown up his hands and given up. Everything about this story of Kelly McGillis and FBI agent Jeff Daniels uncovering a scheme to smuggle post-war Nazis into the US, disguised as dead Jews. Mandy Potinkin is the chief heavy but the sullen Nazis and their agents are all around, hulking in doorways, dressed in dark suits, following the innocent McGillis around the streets of New York, destroying furniture, smoking in public, and committing other unforgivable sins.Hitchcock was fond of point-of-view shot and used them judiciously. They're notable here as well. McGillis slowly climbs the wooden stairway of a dangerous old house, just like Lila in "Psycho." She's also threatened while nude in the bathtub, just like Marion in "Psycho." And her name is Miss Crane, just like Janet Leigh's. A scene takes place aboard the Chicago Express, which bore Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint west. The couple tries to disappear in a theater crowd while being hunted by the bad guys. (Cf., "Saboteur", "Torn Curtain.") The final chase takes place through a kind of national monument -- not Mount Rushmore or the British Museum but rather Grand Central Station, whose Oyster Bar I highly recommend. Potinkin winds up hanging hundreds of feet above the floor of the station, holding on to a bank of chicken wire that slowly parts under his weight. He suffers the same fate as the villain whose jacket sleeve parts, strand by strand, until he falls from the Statue of Liberty in "Saboteur."The plot I described briefly above is conjectural because it's never made entirely clear what's going on. Nobody sits down and explains carefully to McGillis exactly what the MacGuffin actually is. Peter Yates seems to have surrendered his own unique style and given us a pale imitation of De Palma's paler imitations.

holt-4 The film has good pace, and excellent photography, and is very much in the style of Hitchcock even to the music which, at times, one feels was almost written by Bernard Herrmann. A simple story perfectly developed, with an economical and sharp script.

Doc_Who Jeff Daniels(Fly Away Home,Dumb and Dumber,Speed) and Kelly MCGillis(Witness,Top Gun) star in thriller set in New York City in the summer of 1951. Emily Crane (McGillis) uncovers a plot by the U.S goverment to secretly bring Nazi war criminals to the U.S. But she has a man to watch for her!Jeff Daniels plays Cochran a federal agant sent to protect her. Eventually the two people fall in love. Then they must flee for their lives as the government knows that they know of the secret Nazi criminals coming over to America. The love story is OK for the movie , I just wish they would of shown us the criminals coming over , instead all we get those already here!!If you like love story thrillers, you might like this movie!!Or if you are either fans of Jeff Daniels or Kelly McGillis, you might like this movie!!If you decide to buy it, rent it before you do!!!It 's an average love story set during the era of post World War 2!!It has had neat ending , but i'm gonna give it away!!!So remember rent it before you buy as it may not be everything you though it was going to be!!!