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Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire

  • Status: Released
  • 18-05-1990
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Score: 6.223
  • Vote count: 964

An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.

Mel Gibson

Richard "Rick" Jarmin

Goldie Hawn

Marianne Graves

David Carradine

Eugene Sorensen

Bill Duke

Albert Diggs

Stephen Tobolowsky

Joe Weyburn

Joan Severance

Rachel Varney

Harry Caesar

Marvin Larson

Jeff Corey

Lou Baird

Alex Bruhanski

Raun

John Pyper-Ferguson

Jamie

Clyde Kusatsu

Mr. Takawaki

Jackson Davies

Paul Bernard

Florence Paterson

Molly Baird

Tim Healy

Paul

Wes Tritter

Scottie

Lossen Chambers

Lossen

Ken Camroux-Taylor

Neff

Wendy Van Riesen

Secretary

Lesley Ewen

Night Receptionist

Robert Metcalfe

Dex

Kevin McNulty

Brad

Robert Thurston

Bank Teller

Brian Torpe

Bank Vice President

Oscar Goncalves

Bank Guard

Tim Price

Beggar

Oscar Ramos

Cop at Fire

Dan Zale

Fireman

Blu Mankuma

Plainclothesman

Christopher Judge

Cop at Cafe

Jon Garber

Nikita Knatz

Paul Jarrett

Carl Laemmle

James Kidnie

Underworld Boss

Kim Kondrashoff

Guard at Gate

Michel Barbe

Maitre d'

Maria Leone

Sales Clerk

Danny Wattley

Cement Worker

John Banovich

Mall Cop (uncredited)

JPV852

Serviceable and entertaining, but throwaway action-romance-comedy with both Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn showing their individual charms. However, the plot is thin and the action kind of average. There's not a whole lot here memorable for either of the stars. Guess it's fine for a lazy Saturday. **3.0/5**

GenerationofSwine

I am currently attempting to con my wife into watching this, not because it's a great movie, but because I know it's the kind of movie that she is going to laugh at and enjoy. It has that humor that people that are ESL can really pick up on without having to be an expert native speaker to follow the word play... ... but then again, she's actually gotten good enough with English that she's watching and enjoying Monty Python so, who knows if that still applies. As I said, it's not a great film, but it is memorable, and memorable for it's dumb humor and brainless action alone that is personified by Gibson when he was at the top of his game for fun, dumb, and entertaining action/comedy flicks. Historically we can call it a cult of personality, because, honestly, you are watching it strictly because of Gibson's personality and his sense of humor. And mind you, this was before he did that thing... which he asked forgiveness for very publicly... and I personally don't see why people feel it's necessary to continue to beat a man after he made amends for a mistake. Honestly, you're watching it and remembering it because it is a funny Gibson action comedy, and nothing more. Especially since he kind of outshines Hawn in the comedy department in this one, which is kind of shocking given that she can be pretty hysterical when she wants to. In this, however, I'm not sure she was really giving it her A game, or maybe she just sulked back to a co-star routine. But, it doesn't claim to be anything more, it achieves it's goals, and it entertains.