Have you been on tenterhooks, anticipating another of those Leslie Nielsen movie-parody pictures? Then this may be just what you need, even though here's something tired and rotten about this FUGITIVE send-up right from the start. Nielsen is back as the
Lord of the Violin, Ryan Harrison. Women find him irresistible, notably the wife (Kelly Le Brock) of patron Hubbing Goodhue (Michael York), and her long-lost sister Cass Lake (Melinda McGraw). When Mr. Goodhue turns up dead, Harrison becomes the prime suspect. THE FUGITIVE is the barn-sized target
at which most of this picture's gags are lobbed, and whenever Nielsen is confronted with his alleged crimes, he assumes ...
Released:
1998
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
85 mins