Proof of Life (2000)
Movie Review
Reviewed by Sky Enchantress
Where’s the proof?
Proof of Life opens and closes with edge-of-your-seat action sequences; unfortunately, that’s about all the action you’ll see in this movie. It’s too bad... Proof of Life had the potential to be more than what it turned out to be.
It appears that someone forgot to mention that substance is always a good thing - something of which Proof lacks. Even the acting seemed to be missing something - Russell Crowe (as Terry Thorne), whose facial expressions are able to convey a world of meaning without ever uttering a single syllable, is never given the opportunity to draw upon the depth of his character.
Meg Ryan’s character (Alicia Bowman) is no exception: her acting abilities seem to have gone to waste in this role - she spends half of the time crying in an attempt to convey her pain. One wonders if the scriptwriter forgot that verbal expression can be a powerful ally. Instead, she has an affair with Terry (the subplot of the movie that never takes off).
The sparks between the two characters never come close to igniting. It becomes difficult to feel sorry for Terry’s loss in the end (when it appears that he never had anything to begin with).
The only backbone for the movie seems to come from the scenes involving Russell Crowe and David Caruso (as Dino), but they aren’t enough to help this movie succeed.
The opening sequence of the movie is what the movie should have been. There’s the proof that Proof of Life had potential, but somewhere in-between a weak script and a poor director, it got lost.
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