The Bodyguard 1992 Dir Mick Johnson Anna Urick

The Bodyguard 1992 Dir Mick Johnson Anna Urick

I watched The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. I watched this movie about a week before Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room so writing this review seems a little sad. This film was good, but I do not think I would watch it a second time. The love story plotline was typical and expected. Most films do stick to a very routine and expected sequence of events. Rachel Marron (Houston) and Frank Farmer (Costner) are at odds about his security techniques and have an initial dislike towards each other. Like most love stories, Farmer sees a different side of Marron and Marron falls for him through his valiant actions, which protect her during a concert. Of course they have a few moments of love then fall apart before ultimately ending up together.

            While the love plotline was a little mundane, I really did enjoy three particular twists in the film. Marron is being threatened by what appeared to be a crazy, obsessed stalker. A few shots in the film show a creepy, man with frizzed white hair that appears to be the culprit behind Marron’s threats. The man seems like the perfect, strange obsessive stalker. His appearance and general behavior seemed like he was the perfect culprit. This man is arrested and we find he is not the true stalker, just an odd, obsessed fan. This left me stumped as to who the real stalker was.

            The second twist that came as a big shock was when Marron’s sister told Farmer she was the reason for this threatening stalker. Marron’s sister actually hired someone to assassinate her own sister. This brings another layer of deepness to the plot. The audience sees a deep, trouble past between Marron and her sister filled with jealousy and anger. This confession comes out when Marron’s son, Fletcher is almost killed. It also shows Marron’s sister is not simply a cruel person and does care for other members of her family but the relationship with her sister is severely damaged.

            Ultimately the true assassin is revealed as Farmer’s old work acquaintance. This adds the third interesting plot twist to the story. As far as the plot goes, I enjoyed the different twists and confusion in figuring out who was behind the death threats but found the love story a little boring because of how typical it was.

            For filming aspects, I noticed the rule of thirds was always present in every shot of the film. I noticed contrasting not only with shadows, darkness and lightness but also in clothing.

            There were many different areas filmed in the movie as well. Marron’s home, a few concerts and party spots, Farmers home, restaurants, the cabin home all made the continual change of scenery made the film interesting.