Saturday

Stakeout is one of those films most people would consider a guilty pleasure, except I don't feel guilty about it. I think it's one of the best examples of the 'buddy cop' genre. It relies heavily on the odd chemistry between Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, but there is also an amusing script underneath it. Perhaps I also like it because when younger I used to have a crush on Madeleine Stowe, but that's another matter. It's still entertaining for me today. The concept is simple enough, and one you can easily imagine the pitch meeting for in Hollywood: 'There's these two rebellious cheeky cops, and they're on this stakeout, only one of them falls in love with the girl they're supposed to be observing! Imagine that!'. Anyway, whatever happened to Richard Dreyfuss? He was, of course, making movies every year until recently, but have you heard of them? Perhaps he can only play one character, but he does play it exceptionally well. Jaws and Stakeout, sadly, probably have to be my favourite performances from him. Apparently he had a drug problem in the 80s and has no memory of filming Whose Life Is It Anyway? Whatever the truth, Stakeout is light-hearted, enjoyable action - a classic 80s movie.