Netflix: Hot Pursuit (1987)
A 15-year-old-looking 21-year-old John Cusack stars in this odd movie that starts out like a less-funny version of The Sure Thing and ends resembling a less-funny version of Rambo. That makes it sound like the movie was not very good. Well, it wasn't.
Hot Pursuit lacked an overall direction, seeming like the stock-in-trade Cusack romantic comedy and then, unexpectedly, Ben Stiller kills the captain of a ship and all hell breaks loose. Yes, Ben and Jerry Stiller are also in this movie. Evil Ben Still is always good for a few laughs, but unfortunately he wasn't enough to carry this production.
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posted by roger at 6:54 PM
9 Comments:
It's gotta be better than the movie I saw over the weekend.
Prison-A-Go-Go
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8:05 AM
The Sure Thing is definitely in the top 5 teen movies of all time. Along with Porky's, Just One Of The Guys, Breakfast Club, and Weird Science
2:53 PM
Shelly Fabares and Robert Loggia? How could this movie not be good?
11:16 PM
I can't even begin to list the number of times I have seen Hot Pursuit. I have a friend who is obsessed with movies made in the 80s that star either John Cusack or Val Kilmer. They all blend together in my head now. I don't think I could extricate my memories of that one from my memories of One Crazy Summer.
I just felt the need to confess that.
12:24 AM
Nukie: Hmm, I don't know. Catchy title.
HDD: This makes me very sad. :( See.
NYM: All classics. Personally, Better Off Dead is my favorite teen movie.
Alan: What can I say? No Johnny Angel.
QoWP: Hot Pursuit - I think once is enough. I already said Better Off Dead for Johnny. For Val, it's gotta be Real Genius.
2:19 PM
I loved Real Genius!! I didn't know anyone else ever watched it!
5:39 PM
I think I own Real Genius. No, wait. I checked, and I own Top Secret. (Given to me by said friend.) I'd rather own Real Genius. And Better Off Dead is fantastic.
7:49 PM
May-B: Great movie. Although the the Kilmer protege was a freak. He was like 10-years-old with the head of a middle-aged man.
QoWP: I own BOD, but neither Kilmer flick. Wasn't it great before he was so self-important?
4:15 PM
I think the best part of Real Genius is that the super-genius Lazlo Hollyfeld is Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.
So good.
6:17 PM
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