Proof of Life

A woman whose marriage is in trouble finds herself falling for a new man as her husband's life hangs in the balance in this thriller. Peter Bowman (David Morse) and his wife Alice (Meg Ryan) have relocated to a small Latin American nation called Tecala; Peter works for an American engineering and ...more

While the central relationship at the center of this romance-cum-political thriller is somewhat undeveloped and stilted, leaving female lead Meg Ryan with less than optimal screen time, this riveting and underrated film marks a comeback of sorts for director Taylor Hackford. As with his earliest and best films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Against All Odds (1984), Hackford returns with great success to the theme of romance doomed because of outside societal forces pulling his ...more