I saw this when I was a kid and, for unknown reasons, suddenly felt the need to Netflix it. The movie gods did not approve of my selection, and the first disc I got was cracked. But I did not heed their warning, and today a replacement disc arrived and I watched it again.
It was a lot cornier than I remember, but still has some redeeming qualities. If you can tolerate Michael Douglas's hair (barf), the dancing scene (double barf), and the saxophone-heavy score (dry heaving) then you will be rewarded with a marijuana campfire, Pepe the Little Mule, and a fantastic death scene for the bad guy (when an alligator bites his arm off that's just the beginning.)
If you were sick with the swine flu and just needed something to watch while feverish, you could do worse.
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3 comments:
Ha! I actually just watched this again recently, myself. I too had fond memories, seeing it for the first time when I was 9, or 10.
I picked it up at virgin for $10, about a year ago. When I finished my home theatre PC, it wound up being the first thing I popped in, somehow.
It was just supposed to be a test. I ended up watching the whole thing, and saying to myself, "I forgot how funny this was!"
I guess I just enjoyed that cheesy sax a little more;)
You're right, and I didn't mean to sound quite so disparaging. It is plenty funny--especially the opening scene. My crappy speakers probably made the score sound worse than it is ;)
I forgot this movie even exsisted. My parents used to love it back in the day. They watched it all the time. HAHA that is hilarious that you had an urge to watch it.
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