The Bodyguard (1992)

I'm sorry, I tried not to do this, but it was valentines day and this film was on the T.V, so I though it ll keep the girlfriend happy for a while if we watched the romantic 1992 film, The Bodyguard.  Now I know it looks as if I have caught the Whitney Houston fever after the sad passing of the hit singer, yet I am going to be honest and tell yous all that I love this film, I love it love it love it. It has a cheesy narrative, countless flours in continuity and some laughable stunts by good old Kevin Costner, if you've seen this film you will realise that Mr Costner is able to out run a jeep, run at the speed of a bullet, and leap through locked windows. .

Yet despite all the early 90s mistakes, I cant help but love this film. The film is about singer Rachel Marron, (Whitney) and how her entourage  hire a new bodyguard, Frank Farmer, ( Kevin Costner), Simple right ? well the reason why they hired hi is over the fact that Rachel has been sent countless death threats by a mysterious person and Franks job is to protect her at all cost, at first his methods are questioned, my favourite scene in the film is where Frank and the other bodyguard,  Tony ( Mike Starr)  have a fight as Tony attacks Frank for him leaving him at one of Rachel's public appearances as Frank ushers Rachel out instantly after crowd trouble. It is just how smooth Frank is in the film which is just brilliant, far fetched yes, but golden moment, truly. So as the film progresses, it must be known that Rachel's sister, Nicki (Michele Lamar Richards) is also living with Rachel and as the film concludes, it is evident that Nicki hired a hit man to kill Rachel as she was jealous of the attention Rachel gets, almost momentarily after that, Nicki is show dead by the hit man and he escapes the scene, as the film ends,  it is apparent that the hit man was in fact Franks colleague from previous work, Portman, now, the reason why i didn't mention him before hand is simply because he has no real importance in the film too the end of the film, he is seen in a previous scene attempting to make love with Rachel as she pushes him away, he retreats without confrontation so for the majority of the film, there is no clues to who is the hit man.In conclusion, I love it, it has an in debt open insight to the superstar world and the back scene entourages and how they play a vital role, the narrative, although really really cheesy with Whitney running off the plane in the end of the film and runs into his "arm" (all will be revealed)  it catches me and i a gripped by it, if there was ever a film to celebrate a life of Whitney, i would have to say the bodyguard does this, I perfect the fact that they made fictional names for the cast as it just represents that the film is not all about the fame of Whitney to sell the film, there also trying to sell you the romance and love. 8/10, easily.