Disappointed in Murray, V.I. picks up a man in a bar. He hires her to look after Kat, his foul-mouthed daughter, while he goes to look into some shady business. He gets killed and Kat hires V.I. to find the killer. Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case. In the movie V.I. Warshawski, there is a small tugboat used which is a mystery to a lot of people on the Great Lakes. It was painted to look like a Great Lakes Towing Company tug (green hull, red cabins) and named after a state, just as GLT does. Her name was the MAINE. The movie tug (the fake GLT tug) is now stripped down, rusted out, and deteriorating down in Chicago on the Calumet River. She seems to be abandoned and nobody I've talked with knows her history.<br/><br/>I'm very interested in maritime history and keep files on each tug on the Lakes. If anyone knows anything about this vessel, I would love to hear from you! Contact Franz What does the V. I. Stand for? Very Irritating, Violently Inept… Virtually Intolerable. She's a detective, and she's a CHICK! Get it?? Funny? No? Well it's the only joke in this movie. This movie was very painful to watch. The first part seemed completely improvised, make that poorly improvised. I also couldn't understand how the movie takes place in Chicago yet everyone seems to have a Brooklyn accent. Note the driver of the cab Kat gets into. Most of the major plot of the movie seemed to be cliches taken from every other detective novel and movie ever written as well, but turned around gender-wise. Get this, V.I.'s love interest? A guy named "Boom Boom"? This movie is more insulting to Polish people and woman than all the jokes of that genre could ever be. Anyway I felt sorry for Kathleen Turner and all of the other wonderful actors that appeared in this movie. Avoid it if you can. Weep for those who couldn't.
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