Another Stakeout (1993)

Two Seattle police detectives (Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez) go undercover posing as father and son with an assistant D.A. (Rosie O'Donnell) posing as his wife. Their mission: to discover the whereabouts of an escaped Mafia witness (Cathy Moriarty) and bring her back to testify. Directed by John Badham (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), this is a sequel to the box office hit STAKEOUT (1987). It did not repeat the critical or box office success of the original. But I enjoyed it quite a bit even though it's a rather simple minded action movie. Sometimes, it's nice to put your mind on auto control and give it a rest and movies like ANOTHER STAKEOUT serve the purpose perfectly. Most of the acting is cartoonish (if you can call what O'Donnell does acting) but the movie zips along so quickly that there's not much time to analyze its faults until it's over. I can't honestly recommend it but it's a painless watch. With Dennis Farina, Miguel Ferrer, Marcia Strassman and John Rubinstein.