Someone to Watch Over Me

Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach. Directed by Ridley Scott. Happily married junior detective (Berenger) is assigned to protect a beautiful witness (Rogers) to a murder. Naturally, they fall in love; and the detective's wife (Bracco) is quick to figure out what's going on. But the thriller aspect of this movie soon takes over, and it's non-stop suspense until the very end. This film has many hallmarks of a Ridley Scott movie, up to and including a song on the soundtrack ("Memories of Green") that he used in Blade Runner (1982). That's not a criticism, however. I think this is a pretty good movie, although feminists might howl at Bracco's decision to take Berenger back at the end. The disc features subtitles in several languages, including English; in addition, it has closed captions. Grade: B+