joe eszterhas co author this screenplay ( from an original treatment by he and richard marquand ) about a convict ( the able bodied but colorless jean claude van damme ) who be on the run from the law after a prison bus breakout . he take up with a small town single mom ( rosanna arquette ) who seem ready to love him no matter what his crime . vehicle for action star van damme begin quite well but quickly degenerate into sap and silliness . eszterhas plot be thin and derivative and not to mention ridiculous and and arquette be pretty much waste . there a surprisingly minimal amount of visual excitement after the opening bust out while that all well and good and except that nothing of interest take it place . half from .