Rollover [VHS]
by Alan J. Pakula
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Actor: Bob Gunton, Hume Cronyn, Jane Fonda, Josef Sommer, Kris KristoffersonDirector: Alan J. Pakula
Cinematographer: Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer: Guglielmo Garroni
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Producer: Wendi Laxar
Writer: David Shaber
Writer: David Weir
Writer: Howard Kohn
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 116 minutes
Release Date: 1995-03-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Rollover [VHS]
Movie Review: Iffy, but well-made.
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is what I'd call a financial thriller. While there are a few other movies that might conceivably belong to this rare genre, it's rare for a good reason: if you're not into the finer points of finance yourself, all the shop talk of markets and trading and financial panics in this kind of movie is likely to put you to sleep. As such, the target audience is rather limited.
As financial thrillers go, however, this one is rather good if you are in that target audience. Possibly in hopes of expanding the target audience a bit, this film also mixes some elements of an erotic thriller and a murder mystery into itself as well, but Fonda and Kristofferson both seem to be phoning in their sexual relationship and neither of their characters ever goes to any significant effort to find the murderer.
The erotic subplot serves mostly only as a metaphor to underline the financial story anyway; in other words, it's saying "Think twice before getting into bed with people--literally *and* figuratively speaking." As for the murder, it likewise serves to emphasize how high the stakes in finance are and how dangerous some of the players can be (providing Kristofferson with ample excuse to swear furiously and make a few idle threats of violence to show off his masculinity). Either subplot could probably have been left out altogether without doing the story any disservice, but the movie's pretty tightly scripted as it is and evidently Hollywood just didn't want to pass up any potential opportunity to expand its target audience.
Another category this movie might fit is the recently much-expanded disaster movie genre. Where most disaster movies attempt to dazzle our eyes with either a nuclear war or a massive natural disaster, however, Rollover provides us with an excellent dramatization of a financial apocalypse. Though much of the build-up to the ending would--again--be too boring and confusing to anyone who doesn't understand finance, the world's descent into chaos at the end is quite visually enthralling and might make an excellent tool for any economics professor to get students to pay attention in his class.
Of course, recent events also enhance this film's reputation for harrowing realism; though the clunky 1980s computers and the Cold War politics in this story do antiquate this film somewhat, the financially informed viewer will feel a strong shock of recognition in some of the situations portrayed and the characters' analyses of them. Cronyn's speech to Kristofferson near the end of the film could have been ripped straight from some of this decade's economic newsletters and TV talk shows.
In short, this film's not being a huge success at the box office is understandable, but it's a good solid effort at introducing the viewer to our economy and its many philosophical benefits and pitfalls.
Summary of Rollover [VHS]
The widow of a murdered bank president and a maverick financier must prevent a crisis when Arab nations threaten to pull their funds from U.S. banks, thereby causing a worldwide financial collapse.Drama VHS Video
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