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screened a lot of Hitchcock movies before they made "Bird on a
Wire," and the parts they liked the best were where Hitch placed
his couples in situations that were dangerous and picturesque at
the same time; scenes like the Mt. Rushmore climax in "North by
Northwest." That was a delicate balancing act when Hitchcock did
it; the locations, sensational as they were, couldn't be allowed
to upstage the thrills. In "Bird on a Wire," the act loses its
balance.  Mel Gibson stars in the movie as another of his
likable, good-humored heroes who can get tough if he needs to.
When we first meet him, he's working in a gas station in
Detroit, and we learn that it's the latest in a long string of
jobs, and identities, he's held since he joined the Federal
Witness Protection Program.