On Sunday morning while waiting for Travis McGee to get home, I was happy to find Out of Sight while flipping through the TV channels. If you've never seen this movie, put it on the list. First of all, it's based on a Elmore Leonard book so that gives it a headstart. It also stars George Clooney as a really terrible but charming bank robber. Ving Rhames co-stars as his sidekick, a criminal with a penchant for confessing to his sister before he commits his crimes.The real surprise here is Jennifer Lopez. She plays a federal marshall kidnapped by Clooney and Rhames during an escape attempt from prison. She and Clooney spend a few hours together in the trunk of a car which leaves him smitten and her intrigued. She is actually a revelation and I can't believe I'm saying this. Her subsequent movies have left me pretty cold and just seem to be a vehicle for her to parade around the screen playing herself. But she inhabits the character of Karen as well as she wears the molded-to-her-body leather jacket that should have its' own screen credit. She is also as pretty as Clooney in this film and that's saying something.
The locale switches back and forth from Miami, a Leonard favorite, to the gritty underground fight scene in Detroit. There are several incendiary characters including Dennis Farina as Karen's protective father, Michael Keaton as her idiot boyfriend, Steve Zahn as a hapless tagalong and Catherine Keener, Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman. The movie moves along at a fast-pace, keeps the plot together and has fantastic, hot chemistry between Clooney and Lopez. A winner and worth the second look
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