Fair Game

Directed by Andrew Sipes, Fair Game follows an attorney (Cindy Crawford’s Kate McQuean) as she’s targeted for murder and eventually protected by a grizzled cop named Max Kirkpatrick (William Baldwin). Filmmaker Sipes, armed with a screenplay by Charlie Fletcher, delivers an erratic yet mostly entertaining endeavor that benefits from its less-than-subtle, larger-than-life sensibilities, as the movie, which runs a tight, blazingly-paced 91 minutes, boasts an assortment of agreeably over-the-top action sequences and set-pieces that cumulatively compensate for its various deficiencies (ie Crawford’s far-from-accomplished performance is irrelevant, ultimately).  And while it admittedly does boast a few lulls and is ultimately perhaps just a little too silly, Fair Game, anchored by Richard Bowen’s sturdy cinematography and some seriously impressive stuntwork, generally comes off as a perpetually watchable ’90s actioner that fares a whole lot better than most contemporary examples of the genre.

**1/2 out of ****