Friday, December 29, 2006

The Presidio (1988)

Synopsis: A police detective is assigned the investigation of the murder of a military police that happened while she was patrolling the premises of a club belonging to an army base. He has to work in partnership with a colonel stationed at the base.
Appraisal: A routine mystery drama, with the mandatory love subplot. Technically the film is very well done, and has a well staged car chase very near its beginning; thus the female character who believes in 'cutting to the chase' in the sex department could perhaps be taken as a mirror of the film structure itself. Later in the film, there is an equally well handled foot chase. The 'mystery' is very poorly explained though.
Rating: 37

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