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Senior Film Writer. The new movie will be inspired by the romantic drama, which starred Houston and Kevin Costner. Kasdan was the writer-producer of the original. Lin has been attached to the property since , which has seen delirious speculation over the potential lead cast for years.

In October , he signed an overall television development deal with Amazon Studios. Luca Guadagnino and Peter Spears are producing that project for Searchlight. Home Film News. Sep 15, am PT. By Matt Donnelly Plus Icon. See All. Kevin Costner Frank Farmer. Whitney Houston Rachel Marron. Gary Kemp Sy Spector. Bill Cobbs Devaney. Ralph Waite Herb Farmer. Tomas Arana Herb Farmer. Michele Lamar Richards Nicki. Mike Starr Tony. Christopher Birt Henry. DeVaughn Nixon Fletcher. Mick Jackson Director.

Lawrence Kasdan Screenwriter. Kevin Costner Producer. Lawrence Kasdan Producer. Jim Wilson Producer. Andrew Dunn Cinematographer. Donn Cambern Film Editor. Richard A. Harris Film Editor.

Alan Silvestri Original Music. View All Critic Reviews Nov 27, Exactly as the consensus described. Totally predictable and over dramatic. Houston's performance musically was swell, set design was totally 80s. It's an oblivious chick flick with an excessive screen time. Sylvester K Super Reviewer. Feb 19, There's nothing wrong with a little fun suspense and melodrama. Kevin Costner gets hired as the recently deceased Whitney Houston's bodyguard.

It has some interesting twists and turns and ultimately turns out to be a simple but fun screenplay. Whitney Houston's acting isn't overall bad, but there were times when it wasn't good. At least she has an amazing voice. Kevin Costner is well cast as her bodyguard.

I've seen it many times but I thought because of Ms. Houston's recent and unfortunate death, it would be a good time to revisit this fun flick.

Kevin M Super Reviewer. Feb 16, A popular date movie and box-office hit in the early s, "The Bodyguard" follows Frank Farmer Kevin Costner , an ex-Secret Service agent, turned bodyguard, who is hired by pop sensation Rachel Marron the late Whitney Houston in her film debut after a series of incidents involving an obsessed fan. Cue the predictable romance, accompanied by the predictable melodramatic songs sung by Houston, of which "I Will Always Love You" is still the stand out.

Actually, besides the formidable soundtrack work by its star actress, there's very little to care about here. The writing is particularly woeful, with plot contrivances that straining the already-forced chemistry between the leads ever further. Even the climax seems to come out of nowhere due to a lack of fundamental information that isn't included in the script.

We are made to gasp as Kevin Costner swoops in and saves the songstress time and time again, but we've seen it all before and executed much better than this. My advice on "Bodyguard": buy the soundtrack, which is still great, but skip the movie. Matt F Super Reviewer. Dec 02, The Bodyguard is a movie that started very promising but soon just went more and more downhill for me.

It set up some interesting characters, gave us a interesting conflict, and started to proceed well, so what happened you may ask? Well what happened was they turned this promising thriller into some romantic Whitney Houston musical that was not a good mix of genres.

It soon became predictable and I was very bored after I realized this movie was going nowhere special. It does have a great soundtrack from the late Whitney Houston and was her first film role, even if she did play a cheesy and uninspired performance. I enjoy the singing of Whitney Houston, but acting was not one of her talents.

This film was a huge box office hit and I see why since it had many things going for it, but its still not what I consider a great movie. The story follows two indivisuals, Frank Farmer Kevin Costner who is a ex-FBI agent who now works as a bodygaurd, and musical sensation Rachel Marron Whitney Houston who is recieving death threats from an unknown culprit.

As a tribute to the passing of Whitney Houston, the film re-released nationwide for 1 day only on March 28, Whitney Houston plays Rachel Marron, an Oscar-nominated music superstar who is receiving death threats from a stalker.

Farmer continues to be troubled by the fact that he was off duty at the time of John Hinckley's attempted assassination of Reagan. He is now a successful professional bodyguard who primarily protects corporate VIPs. Farmer is hired by Bill Devaney Rachel's manager , to protect her after several death threats are made against her and a small bomb explodes in her dressing room.

Rachel's singing career and family life are highlighted in the film, and Frank is reluctant to accept the job after Rachel comes across as a spoiled diva who is oblivious to the serious nature of the threats against her life.

Rachel's "handlers" had kept the bomb in the dressing room secret from her, and at first, she sees Frank as paranoid and views his protection techniques as overly intrusive.

Tony, Rachel's original hired bodyguard clearly resents Frank's presence and views it as a slight on his ability to protect her. At a concert where Rachel is performing, a riot breaks out and Frank successfully protects her from danger; this incident results in Rachel falling in love with Frank.

Initially, he attempts to keep the relationship professional, but the two end up sleeping together. Frank immediately recognizes the mistake, and breaks off the affair knowing that their relationship may compromise his ability to keep her safe. Rachel, hurt by this seemingly heartless act, begins to ignore Frank's protective advisories and purposely violates the security routines he has put into effect.

She then attempts to make him jealous by trying to seduce his former Secret Service co-worker, Greg Portman. After she has a frightening personal encounter with her stalker via a troubling phone call, Rachel realizes that she must put her trust in Frank ahead of her broken heart and desire for success. Finally recognizing the severity of the situation, she cancels the rest of her tour. Frank and Rachel then travel to Frank's father's home, which is a large log cabin in the mountains by a lake.

Along for the ride are Rachel's driver Henry, her son Fletcher, and her sister Nicki. Frank's father Herbert, a semi-retired attorney, welcomes the group to his home.

Nicki attempts to seduce Frank at the mountain retreat, and becomes angered when her advances are refused. Rachel's son is almost killed the next day when a bomb explodes inside the boat he had been riding in moments before. Unfamiliar footprints are found around the cabin, and after they discover the automobiles have also been sabotaged, they realize Rachel's stalker has followed them.