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| Sep 11, 1993Washington Post
The Real McCoy" could fit quite nicely into this scenario; it has the feel of a made-for-TV movie.
The actress plays it strong, silent and fairly one-dimensional.
Then along comes the best thing about the film, Val Kilmer as J.T. Barker
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| Sep 10, 1993Chicago Sun-Times
The film's one redeeming merit is Kim Basinger , a good actress who has a sweet presence here.....He's an incompetent small-time stick-up artist who admires her reputation and becomes her sidekick (romantic possibilities are left mostly unexplored).....Answers to either question could provide an intriguing story....Unfortunately, those same scenes apparently took the film's authors back to the very same sources....replicants, programmed to have only those thoughts and emotions necessary for furthering a sim ... Full Review
| Sep 10, 1993James Berardinelli's Reviews
In fact, this movie is bad enough that Kim Basinger's lackluster performance doesn't hurt it.
Encumbered by a plot that has no conception of reality and a bunch of stale characters, The Real McCoy has little, if anything
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Rolling Stone
You haven't lived until you see Kim Basinger, everybody's favorite bankrupt newlywed, playing a hardened felon leaving the slammer after six years and sparkling like she's just spent six hours in hair and makeup.
Basinger plays Karen McCoy, a cat burglar who tries to go straight by working in a laundry (Kim in a kerchief with attractively applied beads of sweat is another howl).
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Austin Chronicle
If you're looking for the thrill of a good bank robbery film, this ain't The Real McCoy..... ... Full Review

