Product Description: A undercover military investigator uncovers a shocking trail of murderous sexual obsession in this electrifying psychological thriller. Special features: director commentary: four deleted scenes including an alternate ending and two romantically charged scenes between john travolta and madeleine stowe & more. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/22/2005 Starring: John Tavolta James Cromwell Run time: 117 minutes Rating: R Director: Simon West
Amazon.com: When John Travolta first opens his mouth during the opening credits of The General's Daughter and speaks in a terrible Southern cracker drawl, one briefly hopes that the movie will turn out to be just as hilariously bad. Unfortunately, the accent is soon revealed to be part of a disguise, and the movie is just as quickly unveiled as a clumsy, run-of-the-mill potboiler. A female officer is discovered strangled and tied to the ground; she's the title character, and because of the general's political ambitions, the mystery of who did it and why has to be wrapped up in 36 hours by Travolta and fellow CID officer Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys). Sexual violence and lurid S&M have been thrown in to shore up the incomprehensible plot, but that only adds to the queasy atmosphere. The supporting actors--an impressive collection including James Woods (Salvador), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), and James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential)--don't embarrass themselves, but even they can't make sense of their blustering, macho dialogue. It's amazing that screenwriter William Goldman (who wrote such great and genuinely thrilling films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, and Misery) left his name attached to this script; there's no sign of his usual skill and intelligence. Madeleine Stowe, a graceful presence in any film, is equally wasted. Directed with a lot of empty flash by Simon West (Con Air). --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Poor thriller
This film drags and the plot isn't very good. There are some good moments, but for the large part I thought this was very average.
Rating: - A Father's Love
This picture shows to what length a daughter will go to have her father's love.
Rating: - Overtly sordid but worthwhile and potent (for some)
1999's "The General's Daughter" takes place at and around a coastal Georgia military base. John Travolta plays an Army investigater who teams up with Madeleine Stowe, a woman he once had an affair with (yeah right), to solve the ugly murder of the daughter of the commanding officer, herself a captain.
Whether you like Travolta or not, there's no denying his star power. He easily carries this film as the protagonist from beginning to end. The real cast highlight for me, however, is the stunningly gorgeous Madeleine Stowe (remember her from 1992's excellent "Last of the Mohicans"?). Throughout most of the film Madeleine wears a white sleeveless shirt and tight tan-ish dress slacks. Needless to say, her curvaceous beauty is thoroughly spellbinding (if you're a red-blooded male, that is).
The film is rated R and for good reason. There are numerous scenes of a naked woman staked out spread-eagled, ... Read More
Rating: - Loved the book
Well, if the movie is a good as the book then I am sure I will enjoy it. Many people complain that movies rarely live up to the books that give them birth. Well a novel's story can be developed over several hundred pages, and offer the many twists and turns needed to bring a story to life. A movie doesn't have that option so many judicious (hopefully) cuts have to be made. Certainly that does harm the story somewhat. My wife saw the movie and then read the novel and frankly she thoroughly enjoyed both.
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- Poor thriller
- A Father's Love 
- Overtly sordid but worthwhile and potent (for some)
