Bird On A Wire has lawyer Goldie Hawn accidentally discovering the man who left her at the altar working as a garage mechanic in a Detroit garage where Mel has adopted a really cheesy southern accent. Of course she wants an explanation.What Goldie isn't ready to swallow is that Mel has been in witness protection after infiltrating and then giving testimony against drug kingpin David Carradine. Carradine is out after 15 years and looking for payback. He's got a nasty associate in Bill Duke and a corrupt FBI agent Stephen Tobolowsky helping.Mel and Goldie work well together in this chase film bearing some resemblance to The 39 Steps. I'm surprised she did not do this with Kurt Russell, seems like a natural for Hollywood's most famous unmarried couple. Some resemblance to the Clint Eastwood classic The Gauntlet will be apparent as well.The climax takes place in a zoo which was another of Gibson's witness protection jobs. The animals are of great help to our fleeing couple.A must for fans of the two stars.

Continuing my plan to watch every Mel Gibson movie in order, I come to 1990's Bird On A Wire.Plot In A Paragraph: Rick (Gibson) helped convict a drug-dealing FBI agent, and was placed in the witness protection program. Fifteen years later his former fiancée Marianne (Goldie Hawn) crosses paths with him at a gas station, and before you know it, goons show up to kill him, and the two former lovers go on the run.Slated by critics upon release, I have a real soft spot for this movie. OK some of the things wouldn't fly today (Gibson's gay hairdresser for example) and Goldie Hawn has been remaking the same movie over and over since Foul Play. But I do like it. Most of it is down to the two leads. The movie pretty much let's Gibson do his own thing, and he seemed to be having fun, but at times he does come off as a bit of a jerk!! At his best here, he is a bit of a watered down Riggs!! Hell his pose on the poster/DVD cover is almost identical to the one on Lethal Weapon 2. As for Hawn, she looked great!! I'm of the opinion that Goldie Hawn got more and more attractive as she got older, peaking in the Bird On A Wire and HouseSitter era. She handles all her action scenes, romantic scenes and comedy scenes wonderfully!! And man what an ass!! I love it.I also like John Badham as a director, he has directed more than a few movies that I love!!I'm of the opinion that it was solely the star power of Gibson (and of course Hawn) that made the movie a hit, as it grossed $70 million at the domestic box office to finish the year the 16th highest grossing movie of 1990!! A head of Rocky V, Godfather 3, Goodfells and Edward Scissorhands despite some truly awful reviews!! Including one that said "Bird On A Wire fails on every level"

I saw this film a long time ago. It didn't make much impression on me. Upon viewing it again, almost nothing about it was familiar, so that confirms my opinion. There's really not much here. Pretty conventional chase movie. Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn more or less played Martin Riggs and Judy Benjamin respectively, albeit a little bit lower key. Ms. Hawn was certainly beautiful and that is the best part of the film. Good production values, okay photography, unobtrusive direction. Apparently filmed in Canada to save money. You have to wonder what happened between the climax and the final scene, as there should maybe have been significant legal issues for the characters. Can't really recommend this one, other than to see Hawn and Gibson do their thing.

I really don't feel like writing reviews especially when a movie is somewhere under average. But the unbelievably stupid acting really made me do that. I never really liked Goldie Hawn but in this movie I simply found her disgusting. Those screams, her being so foolish; I can't believe she can play this kind of garbage role.Maybe is the role, maybe is the actress, I simply found this movie disgusting. OK for Mel Gibson for an early dumb role; he is nearly funny from time to time but at least he doesn't become ridiculous.I wrote all these because never in my life have I felt such a disgust towards the female character.I advise you not to watch this movie.