Getting Even (1986 film)

Getting Even is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Dwight H. Little and starring Edward Albert, Audrey Landers, Joe Don Baker and Caroline Williams.

Hill had started investing in others' films and, in 1984, decided to create his own outfit AGH Productions, drafting Liddle to manage its operations.

Liddle then crafted a synopsis showcasing the various aircraft they had access to, before commissioning M. Phil Senini to turn it into a full script.

[2][3] Texas-born Joe Don Baker was hired by Alan Belkin, another executive working for Hill, who had already held talks with the actor at his previous company, American Cinema Group.

[4][13][11] Two weeks were spent at Twin Gates, a ranch owned by the Knapp family in Mansfield, which represented the villain's home base.

[14][15] The crew also visited Dallas landmarks such as a rollercoaster at Fair Park, the Mary Kay headquarters, and Reunion Tower.

He balked at taking instructions from the weapons coordinator on the basis of his lengthy career, drank a lot, and did not like to work too early or too late, so most of his scenes were bunched up in the afternoon.

He deemed it proof that resource optimization "can add up to a greater-than-the-sum challenge to Hollywood," and found the film "on a more or less even keel with such recent entries as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Black Moon Rising and F/X."

"[8] Joe Kane, the New York Daily News' resident genre columnist, assessed: "Unlike so many flaccid contempo "action" pics, Getting Even really delivers the junk movie goods.

"[30] Gary Curtis of The Hamilton Spectator called the movie "bad" yet "wonderfully tacky", adding that "[e]verything — the casting, the dialogue, the smarmy special effects, the ultra low-tech feel — are so good-naturedly off-kilter that one just has to smile, if not guffaw.

"[31] Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times wrote it felt like "the first multimillion-dollar 'R' movie written entirely by 10-year-olds", sunk by a "rotten" storyline, "deliberately [paced]" dialogue and "terrible, or indifferent, performances.

"[32] Candice Russell of the South Florida Sun Sentinel wrote that "Getting Even is a B-movie, timely in theme, pathetic in credibility," and hampered by "deathless dialogue" and a story that "can't be credited with a lot of imagination."

"[33] Writing for The Miami Herald and Knight Ridder papers, Bill Cosford called the film a "slack and roughly made" effort, whose "sole relief comes from the performance by Baker.