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Real tiny, in the corner of the ad, is a picture of Costner--with clothes on this time, a military uniform--running away from something. That's the treason part...
Young plays Susan Atwell, the mistress of Secretary of Defense David Brice (Gene Hackman). Kevin Costner, this summer's hot man in the box office, co-stars as naval officer Tom Farrell. Tom and Susan meet at a hoity-toity Washington inauguration gala, but they've got better things to do and better places to do them--like the back seat of a limousine cruising around our nation's capitol. Sure enough, the sequence includes a nice, long shot of the Washington Monument...
...movie hone in on the romance angle in this supposed tale of intrigue. "Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?" the ads ask. These words sit, innocently enough, next to a big close-up of Young, who appears poised to bite a reclining Costner's neck. That's the passion part...
...people promoting this film are smart. They have a couple of gorgeous stars, whose good looks they're playing up for all they're worth. You're so busy watching the relationship between Costner and Young develop that neither you--not all the potential blabbermouths on TV--have much time to concentrate on the "act of treason" line...
Then, about halfway through the movie something big happens--if you want to know what, go see the movie--that changes everything. Suddenly Costner, who has netted a job at the Pentagon, is pitted against his boss, Hackman, in a battle that may or may not affect national security...