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Harrison Ford horribly miscast in this movie


Here he is, the action hero, having just come off of making 5 of the 6 biggest movies of all time - the Star Wars and Raiders franchises - not to mention Blade Runner, Witness, and even the Frisco Kid. In all of these movies, he plays the bold dashing strong protagonist, capable of meeting any challenge thrust in his way.

Here, he practically kills himself a couple of times crawling along that roof. I'm sorry, I know this is casting against type, but no one's gonna believe that Han Solo/Indiana Jones/Matt Deckard can't get across that roof! I was laughing at the silliness of this scene.

Look, they showed his body when he was stripping down for the shower, and he still had that toned Indiana Jones body. To me, it just wasn't believable that a guy in this shape would be slipping off of a roof.

So, Ford was trying to get away from the action hero role he has come to be typecast in. But the combination of the shower scene with the roof scene made it all too unbelievable for me.

They needed to get someone much more nebbishy to play this role, like Woody Allen. All right, of course I'm kidding, but you get the point.





I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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I disagree, Ford was absolutely perfect here.

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Did you watch it online? Can't find it streaming for some reason.

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No, not online on blue ray...

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Ford was convincing as an action hero like Indy, and everyman roles. And you say he was trying to get away from heroic roles he already had two years prior with Mosquito Coast.

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