jonathan demme be such a character orient director that and to see him pull a brian de palma ( which be to say and ape hitchcock ) and it be nearly predictable when he fail to work up much suspense within this tepid mystery . work from a screenplay by david shaber and from murray teigh bloom novel and demme attempt to strike a chord somewhere between alan j. pakula paranoia drama and hitchcock dangle participle thriller . roy scheider star a a retired secret agent mourn the murder of his wife who be now busy dodge bad guy who be out to kill him . take off right away and but the script be full of flimsy thread and any excitement die out quickly . there a visually impressive climax at niagra fall and but demme get little out of his cast and and even less out of this bummer of a story . from .