High-powered attorney Marianne Graves is in Detroit, Michigan on the verge of completing an important business deal. She goes to a gas station where she then crosses paths with Joe Schmoe mechanic "Billy Ray Bower," a seemingly southern bumpkin closely resembling her old lover who mysteriously vanished fifteen years prior and was presumed dead. Unfortunately for her, there's much more to the story and their encounter puts both of them on the run from vengeful criminal types. Awkward, unusual film that tries to blend energetic action scenes with some occasional touches of romance, but with strained results; Gibson and Hawn are two attractive leads who make the film more tolerable than it otherwise would have been. If you can get past all of the absurdities-and there are plenty-then it provides some occasional fun, but it's never quite clear if any of this was meant to be taken seriously. **
Review of Bird on a Wire
