Watch My Bodyguard For Free

Fresh and Exciting

Excellent but underrated film

A lot of fun.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

One of those high school movies that could have gone completely conventional and it bypasses so much in tone and in those little moments movies often don't have. There's one point where the director just shows the class listening to the teacher reading from a book.There's no grand point for it in the story, it's even the kind of scene that a screen writing teacher would yank out as being unnecessary. But it isn't: we're looking at face after face in this class (Baldwin's is there for a good ten seconds, but others too), and it's there as a nice character moment, for the mood of a whole group of people who are not defined by any clichés. They are... Young and impressionable. So when a bully who is not unrealistic, just the kind of prick that is out there in the world, like Matt Dillon in story, it works.It's a "small" film, but its gentle spirit is genuine, and it's really *about* something, which is getting a true friend. All of the performers are on point, and it's no wonder that Adam Baldwin got the kinds of magnetic roles in Full Metal Jacket and Firefly and so on, since he already shows the goods here. Tony Bill was an actor too, and every performance is as sensitively drawn as possible.One drawback: the score is a bit on the cloying side, or maybe that's not the word... Too whimsical for my blood. It's pretty, but I dunno. Maybe seeing Dillon in another high school movie from 80 I expected rock. Also, the stuff at the hotel with Ruth Gordon, who is as always an eccentric dear, doesn't work as well as the main story.Oh, and Joan Cusack looks like shes 13 years old and is cute as a button.

I love where the movie take place (Chicago) , the actor choice is nice , and the soundtrack is well too . There is some funny scene who give a good look of the movie . The movie give a good picture from the bully at school who want money for a work , and the victim instead of tell this to an adult at school or his parents prefer give his lunch money instead of receiving a blow . But unfortunately some scene ( I will not mention them ) are gone bad and give an bad image of the movie , but i'll close my eyes thinking to it was an old movie . For conclusion I will say this is a good old movie with a good story and we can feel he want's to give an message .

What with the recent headlines about extreme bullying in school, this film is eerily prescient.Chris Makepeace, as the primary target of a mean bully at his new high school, gives a strong, warm performance that makes one wish he hadn't virtually disappeared from the acting scene. I think he could have had as good a career as his co-star Matt Dillon (who plays the bully). As it is, he makes his character easy to root for. When he enlists the "bodyguard" services of Adam Baldwin as the sullen school outcast (who is feared as a psychopath because of his size and because he was rumored to have killed his younger brother), the two forge a beautifully written friendship that you rarely see in movies anymore. Makepeace also finds out from a very kind teacher/counselor that Baldwin's younger brother accidentally shot himself, and that trauma is why Baldwin is so withdrawn.Of course, Makepeace can only rely on Baldwin's protection for so long, because Baldwin isn't really a psychopath. Dillon shows up with a bigger, tougher guy as HIS bodyguard, and Makepeace watches helplessly as Baldwin allows himself to be beaten and humiliated. Afterward, he asks Baldwin, "Why didn't you fight?", because he's honestly puzzled. Baldwin spits, "I never wanted to be anybody's damn bodyguard anyway!" Later he reveals the painful truth about his younger brother: that he did actually shoot the boy. It was an accident, but he is racked with guilt over it. The scene has heartbreaking acting not just from Baldwin but from Makepeace.Eventually the two reconcile, and Baldwin decides to confront Dillon and his bodyguard. At first Baldwin pretends he's going to back down again, and then in a great moment that always makes me cheer, lets out a primal howl as he bodily flings himself on top of the larger guy and proceeds to pound on him. He wins that battle, but there's still another: between Dillon and Makepeace. Baldwin urges Makepeace to fight for himself, and he does, breaking Dillon's nose and revealing what a coward Dillon truly is.The film's ending is great: Baldwin trailing after Makepeace and jokingly asking him to be his bodyguard.Wonderful film. It deserves more recognition.

I rented this movie the other day because I remember it from my childhood. I was expecting to watch it with my wife (I haven't seen it since I was about 7) and laugh at the funny clothes, language, and general definitions of what was "cool" in 1980. In other words, I wasn't expecting to see a good movie, just watch some nostalgic mystery science theater 3000 fodder. What I saw totally shocked me...this is a VERY good movie. Incredibly acted by Makepeace, Baldwin, and Dillon, this movie is not the stereotypical goofy 80's teen drama. This is a very well put together film that deserves much more historical acclaim than it is given. Dillon and Makepeace are dead on in their stereotypical roles of bully and nerd, but it's Baldwin as the brooding, misunderstood, mysterious hulk that steals the show. Ricky Linderman is one of the more interesting movie characters you will ever come across. Granted, I did also get my dose of 80's humor (the guys playing basketball in red short-shorts, white knee high socks, and black shoes is worth the price of the rental alone) but I got something else I didn't expect...a great hidden gem of a movie!