Hawn and Gibson flee from bad guys
Watching “Bird on a Wire,” I was reminded of the Alfred Hitchcock films “The 39 Steps” and “North by Northwest,” in which the leading man and leading lady join forces on what amounts to an elaborate chase. “Bird on the Wire” follows a similar template, this time with an unsuspecting woman getting entangled with a man constantly looking over his shoulder. Yet it never achieves the delicate balance that makes this kind of movie click.<br /><br />Rick Jarman (Mel Gibson) is working at a Detroit gas station, the latest in a series of jobs and identities he’s had since joining the Federal Witness Protection Program. He testified against a couple of government narcotics agents 15 years earlier and they’ve been looking for him ever since. High-powered New York lawyer Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn), in Detroit on business, coincidentally drives into that very station for gas and recognizes Rick, and won’t believe his claim that he’s never seen her before.  Driving back to the station that night, she arrives just in time to save him from being murdered by the two thugs looking for him. We learn that Rick and Marianne were lovers 15 years ago until he suddenly disappeared without a word. She now knows why.<br /><br />The movie then becomes an extended chase through numerous picturesque locations, with the bad guys hot on their trail. Now Rick must not only save his own life, but Marianne’s as well. Director John Badham (“Saturday Night Fever”) attempts to infuse the plot with humor, but does so in obvious, unimaginative ways. Slapstick is fine in its place, but when two people are in fear for their lives, it can easily tilt the balance and render the film silly. While Hitchcock knew how to adroitly place a line of dialogue, a look, or a situation to lighten the mood, Badham trowels on the gags as if he’s helming a Monty Python movie. It’s clear early on that the flimsy plot is just an excuse for chases and gags, mostly involving Goldie Hawn’s high-maintenance princess act and gorgeous legs. We have no doubt that Marianne and Rick will emerge in one piece despite explosions, machine gun fire, inching across a narrow beam atop a skyscraper, falling into an alligator exhibit, or dangling from an unsteady foot bridge.<br /><br />Gibson and Hawn have pretty good screen charisma and get into the spirit of the screenplay’s zaniness, but their backstory is presented perfunctorily more as a necessary reason to explain their bond than to explain why they both make harebrained decisions while trying to keep from getting killed.<br /><br />The action sequences are elaborately staged and the stunt work impressive, but clearly overshadow the plot. It looks as if the Big Moments were planned first and then a script was concocted to string them together. Because Hawn has a sweet charm and Gibson plays Rick as a likable action hero, the film holds our attention, though it leaves us with an empty, unfulfilled feeling by film’s end.<br /><br /> Bonus materials on the PG-13 rated Region A Blu-ray release include an audio commentary and several theatrical trailers.<br /><br />“Bird on the Wire” has its exciting moments but relies on generic bad guys, an overly familiar plot device with not much originality, contrived danger, and humor that tries to shore up the action. Goldie Hawn and Mel Gibson both handle the light comedy adroitly, but the movie never convinces us that these are real people in grave danger. When the plot should wrap up, it goes on and on, overstaying its welcome by at least fifteen minutes.
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