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Thursday, December 01, 2005

The Bodyguard (1992)

Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston), an A-list actress and singer, is being stalked by someone. After the perpetrator plants a bomb that destroys her dressing room, her manager (Bill Cobbs) seeks the services of a reclusive bodyguard named Frank (Kevin Costner). Frank doesn't want to take the job because he doesn't like protecting celebrities. Rachel doesn't particularly want him in her house or around her. Frank is ready to walk, but Rachel's manager admits there is evidence that the stalker has been inside the house at least once.

Frank and Rachel rub each other wrong like sandpaper, as he goes about making her house more secure and putting restrictions on her moving about. One night, Frank watches one of Rachel's music videos and really sits up and takes notice of her. Rachel decides she's tired of being cooped up in the house and asks Frank to accompany her to dinner out. She's intrigued by Frank, who appears to be be very guarded about his life. He invites her to his house, one thing leads to another, and they spend the night together. The next morning, Frank announces that he's stopping the relationship before it gets too deep, because Rachel is a client. They are back to irritating and being irritated by each other. However, the stalker is still out there, and Frank and Rachel will have to work together or end up dead.

This is not a bad film, although it is a variation on the damsel-in-distress helped by a strong, silent male that has been done over and over. I liked that the story didn't make too much of the fact that the main characters embarked on an interracial romance--they just were two people who were together. The stalker plot takes a surprising turn, but after a tragedy takes place, no comment is made about how Rachel feels about what she has learned.

This movie had been written about two decades before it came to the screen. It was intended as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross, but the project languished. Costner hand-picked Houston, who had few acting credits, to appear alongside him in the film.

The soundtrack was extremely popular, picking up several music awards.

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