| Director | John Badham |
|---|---|
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $138.7 million |
Attorney Marianne "Muffie" Graves unexpectedly crosses paths with her hippie ex-fiancé Rick Jarmin while in Detroit for a business deal. Rick is hiding under an assumed identity as part of the Witness Protection Program and claims to be another man named Billy Ray Bowers. Marianne believed Jarmin died in a plane crash and discreetly follows him to confirm his true identity. She observes an attempt on his life by assassins working for former drug-smuggling DEA agents Eugene Sorenson and Albert "Diggs" Diggins. Sorenson was released from prison after serving fifteen years due to Rick's testimony. She helps Rick go on the run.
Rick's old FBI handler Lou Baird has retired and the new one, FBI agent Joe Weyburn, is being blackmailed into colluding with Sorenson. Marianne angrily confronts Rick about his leaving her without warning fifteen years ago, but says he was worried about her safety. They reconcile and have sex.
Unwilling to trust local police or Weyburn, Rick wants to reach his old FBI handler Baird in Wisconsin. Rick and Marianne use contacts from his former life-in-hiding. He revisits a beauty salon where he was pretending to be an effeminate gay man named Matty Carlson and was the star hairdresser, and contacts old flame Rachel Varney, now a veterinarian, who helps Rick and Marianne escape from a murderous hitman duo following them in a helicopter.
Reaching Baird's home, they learn he suffers from severe memory loss, doesn't remember Rick and can offer no help. Sorenson, Diggs and Weyburn show up, so Rick and Marianne retreat to a nearby zoo where Rick once worked. He releases animals from their cages to assist in their defense, and Diggs is mauled to death by a lion, while Weyburn is eaten by piranhas. Sorenson winds up electrocuted. Wounded, Rick ends up suspended over a tiger in a cage, requiring Marianne to save him. When she is not quite able to reach him, he offers her the extra incentive of marriage and children, which does the trick.
Rick and Marianne are seen boating into the sunset in the Caribbean, having recovered from their injuries and planning their lives together.