Insurance exec Richard Ramsay (Andrew McCarthy) is riding high in insurance circles: He’s concocted a plan in which accident victims have to furnish a proof of innocence, and the idea has proven a bonanza for the companies.
TX:Happily married to Sarah (Kate McNeil), living the good life with their two kids, Richard’s knocked for a loop when he gets an anonymous call from a man saying he’s been hired by Sarah to wipe out Richard.
TX: TX:Filmed in Toronto by MGM. Producer-writer, Danilo Bach; director, Brian Trenchard-Smith; If Richard counter-offers, the caller will roll over; Richard declines.
There are a lot of people who have a reason to break up the marriage: Sarah’s stuffy parents (Dawn Greenhalgh, Kenneth Welsh); her lifelong chum Leslie (Connie Britton); Richard’s ambitious, devious associate Abe (Stan Egi); a Cambridge friend of Sarah (Scott Wickware), a soaked-up ex-investigator and the threatener himself (John Evans).
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The only people who seem to be clearly on Richard’s side are his psychiatrist (Peter Donaldson), police lieutenant Ferrand (Paul Sorvino), and maybe Leslie.
TX:The story does gallop, but, with the whiffs of red herring, that doesn’t mean much. Still, writer Bach pens sharp dialogue, and the vidpic’s atmosphere and purposefulness should hold viewers. TX:McCarthy is able as the besieged husband. McNeil is strong as Sarah, and Welsh and Greenhalgh are splendid as conniving in-laws. Egi is stuck with an obvious character; Britton’s fine as the enigmatic Leslie.
Sorvino’s presence gives the vidpic solidity until his final heavy-footed entrance. Considering their screen time, young Sean Dick and Chantel Dick are attractive as the kids.
TX:Tech credits are excellent, and the score by Ken Thorne and Richard Marvin is helpful.
