Rob Lowe plays a high-powered political fixer in 'Knife Fight'
'Knife Fight' is interesting, but never reaches the caliber of other political movies like 'Manchurian Candidate.'
Rob Lowe stars in 'Knife Fight.'
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Rob Lowe plays a high-powered political fixer in 鈥�Knife Fight,鈥� a man who cleans up the sordid messes of his candidate clients.
His Machiavellian moxie is amusing and so, fitfully, is the film he figures in, directed and co-written by Bill Guttentag.聽
But it pales beside the best down-and-dirty political movies (ranging from 鈥淭he Candidate鈥� to 鈥�The Manchurian Candidate鈥�) because, finally, it lacks the courage of its own lowdown convictions.
Lowe鈥檚 Paul is slimy, but, lo and behold, we are supposed to believe that he smells like a rose.聽He really wants to make the world a better place.聽His sentiments may be genuine but they come across as a con.
Grade: B- (Unrated.)