Cutaway (2000)

Captivating movie !

Absolutely Fantastic

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Somehow I got the feeling that they left out a considerable amount of scenes that make much more sense of the whole drugs angle in the movie. The moment Stephen Baldwin goes undercover you will get a "Point Break" flashback and will realize how great that movie is compared to this little movie. But that said I must admit that "Cutaway" has some amazing sky diving scenes. Those stunts alone is reason enough to see this movie. And probably the director realized that since he didn't make much of the plot. Tom Berenger is great as always but thought he was far too underused as he could have provided much more depth to his character and story if he had more scenes. The interactions between Ron Silver and Stephen Baldwin could have been avoided entirely since they add nothing to the conflicts an undercover agent has doing his job. Since it already is made clear from the first scene that Stephen Baldwin is not doing his job out of a sense of duty but simply to be the best in whatever activity he is presented with. The scenes with Ron Silver create an expectation of an impact that never occurs at least not as big as it could have been. So in short forget about the plot and just enjoy the beautiful skydiving scenes!

The story line is weak and the acting a little "stiff" in places (sorry Dennis and Stephen) but overall the film is good to watch and have some fantastic skydiving scenes to enjoy. "Star" (Maxine Bahns) is gorgeous and fits the role well,beautiful to look at and would definitely pass as a DZ babe - if she's looking for a hubby, look this way :-) "Red Line" (Tom Berringer) is not the right person to be cast in the role in my view) has a few wooden moments but is good none-the-less. I've watched the film countless times, its enjoyable and for skydivers one of the rare treats where we get to see lots of actual skydiving. I'd recommend the film to watch, especially on dark and windy days at the DZ

Here is another movie with the great Tom Berenger in it. I have it on (dvd) and I can't get enough of it! If there was ever a movie made that deserves a sequal this is the one. My only change in the sequal would be to have Julie Bowen take Maxine Bahn's place or to simply add her to the cast. Julie Bowen from what I have read about her enjoys skydiving. Let's put Stephen Baldwin and the rest of the skydiving experienced talent into another great movie or in this case a great sequal!

Cutaway is an advertisement for sky-diving; it is not a movie. I repeat, beware, this no movie. It is, however, horrible, even for a commercial. I know this may not mean much, but Dennis Rodman gives the worst performance of his career, if such a thing is even possible. The story line is a horibily mutated version of point break, which makes the script for point break seem both plausible and interesting. If you are an aficianado of bad movies rent this immediately; the bad acting of this movie really has to be experienced first hand. Just remember to cutaway all your cutaways or you will be cutaway.