Beyond the Reach

Michael Douglas reprising Gordon Gecko in a MOST DANGEROUS GAME scenario? Sign me up! The premise is irresistible, and Douglas throws all of his vintage smarm and charisma at what is a flagrantly one-note and one-dimensional villain, and for a while it’s almost enough, until Susco seems to drop the ball in wrapping everything up, heading to a bizarre conclusion which almost seems to be recalling STRAW DOGS? In any event, the tension never really gets bubbling because, outside of his boogeyman effect, Douglas is too clownish to be genuinely menacing, and a little of a shirtless Irvine scrambling over rocks goes a long way. Still fun, if only for Douglas.