5/5 Great movie
  by Bookworm (Illinois)
A mystery set in New Orleans -- with Cajun music, sexy love scenes, and a great cast. This movie manages to be fun and suspenseful at the same time.

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant (played with a grin by Dennis Quaid), and Ann Osbourne is a district attorney. She's come to New Orleans to investigate police corruption. He takes her out on the town, and when he scores a free meal at a restaurant, she berates him for taking advantage of police "perks". McSwain says perks are part of the job, and he refuses to believe the police are corrupt. "You investigate cops for a living? We're the good guys, Ann!" Despite their differences, he flirts outrageously with her, and soon they're romantically involved.

In the meantime, a gruesome series of murders are piling up in New Orleans. Two witnesses claim to have seen an unmarked police car leaving the scene of a homicide. At first McSwain doesn't believe the police could be suspects, no matter what Ann says. He thinks the murders are part of a gang war. Yet as the violence escalates, he realizes there might be killers in his squad.

Dennis Quaid has terrific chemistry with Ellen Barkin (who plays the district attorney). The movie evokes New Orleans, it works as a romance, and it works as a thriller, too.


5/5 the big easy
  by Peggy D. Kemmer (Rockwood Tn)

It's a great movie. I received it very fast and I am well satisfied. Thank you very much.



peggy kemmer

4/5 Odd wide screen cut
  by Steve Dossey (Somewhere just beyond or before the crossroads)
FYI: Tho this is labled as widescreen, it does not capture the film shown in the theater. It lops off the top and bottom of the film and provides a TV screen type close up of the action.

4/5 THE BIG EASY
  by A. Cullen (NEWINGTON CT)

THIS MOVIE IS VERY GOOD, KEPT MY ATTENTION RIGHT UP UNTIL THE END

4/5 Sex in the City
  by Livey (Illinois)
With these stars and N'awlins as a backdrop, what isn't to like? Quaid's accent is a bit suspect, but the music is great and the story keeps you involved from end to end.