An OK variant on the bad cop morality play

Suspense, twists and tension  in this  exciting thriller

Medium TV entertainment for a modest product

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Jim Belushi

Jason Bateman

Angela Featherstone

John Salvati

Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving t...

Allan A. Goldstein

One Way Out

Ever since &quot;Thief&quot; Jim Belushi has been one of those names that draw me past the mediocre reviews to give the movie a chance.  Here, Jim plays a morally bankrupt police Inspector who is forced to participate in planning a murder. Things go awry, and eventually he is pulled into the investigation.  A couple of coincidences add to the plot complications, and events unravel from there. Except for the opening scene (I mean, how often does this ever happen, except all the time in the movies) this is a reasonable, unpretentious movie, not really a whodunnit in the classic sense, but develops such elements later on.  The acting is pro forma, but not bad; the cliches are no worse than normal, and the ending was, to me at least, predictable without being telegraphed.  For a low budget, filmed in Canada (Montreal) movie, it was OK.  7 of 10 for meeting expectations, 4 of 10 for general quality.

Ever since "Thief" Jim Belushi has been one of those names that draw me past the mediocre reviews to give the movie a chance.  Here, Jim plays a morally bankrupt police Inspector who is forced to participate in planning a murder. Things go awry, and eventually he is pulled into the investigation.  A couple of coincidences add to the plot complications, and events unravel from there. Except for the opening scene (I mean, how often does this ever happen, except all the time in the movies) this is a reasonable, unpretentious movie, not really a whodunnit in the classic sense, but develops such elements later on.  The acting is pro forma, but not bad; the cliches are no worse than normal, and the ending was, to me at least, predictable without being telegraphed.  For a low budget, filmed in Canada (Montreal) movie, it was OK.  7 of 10 for meeting expectations, 4 of 10 for general quality.

Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.

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