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Summary: Tom Berenger has done better, but not a bad flick
Review: Chaser's will and should never win an oscar. But the movie is an entertaining little flick that doesn't stop the world.. but is a good watch. Tom Berenger(who has done way too many good war roles to name) plays a grizzled, sailor, who is paired with a young,scam inclined, seamen(William McNamara) to transfer a prisoner(Erika Eleniak)to a new base. The stunning Eleniak uses every way she can to try and escape from the pair, who spend more time arguing than guarding. Eleniak uses everything from her outstanding "physical attributes" to outside help to try and ditch the two. The resulting forays add some pleasant humor. By the end of the movie, Eleniak has fallen for McNamara and Berenger softens to the point of helping her escape. Nice/typical ending but not a bad movie. Just not a great one. Ok... if nothing else will sell it.. Erika bears skin. That alone should have sent pulses racing.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: I liked this movie a lot. It has a pretty good plot and good acting. The best part of the movie though is Erika, especially the bedroom scene where we finally get a view of what's under the clothes. She's a great actress with incredible physique. She plays an excellent role in an excellent movie.
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Summary: join the navy--see the brig
Review: I thought it was a good movie--I was in the navy so I might have related to it better than some. Plot good, Wm McNamara is an excellent young actor. The other cast members held up well.
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Summary: A B-Movie Comedy?
Review: I won't say that this movie was absolutely terrible, it just wasn't that good. First off since when would an E-3 seaman talk down to a E-7 chief petty officer even if it was his last day of service. Erika's scene was far too short and Berenger seemed to be likable character as the chief but he seemed to have grunted through the whole movie. This said I confess that I liked this film despite it's shortcomings but I don't think Dennis Hooper should do anymore comedies.
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Summary: Old-Fashioned, but Worth a Second Look!
Review: I'll admit, when I first saw this film, in 1994, I thought it was sophomoric, with overripe performances, a brain-dead plot, and an extremely gratuitous sex scene tossed in to show off Erika Eleniak's considerable assets. However, seeing it again, recently, I came to realize this was actually a send-up of the 'good ol' boy' comedies of the seventies, the kind of 'B' movies Roger Corman produced, when he introduced directors like Ron Howard. As such, it's very enjoyable, and certainly worth another look! The premise is that of an old-fashioned service comedy, with wheeler-dealer William McNamara and put-upon pal Crispen Glover pulling off one last big score before McNamara's discharge. Unfortunately, the scam goes awry as the young con artist is 'recruited' to assist grizzled vet 'Rock Reilly' (Tom Berenger, spitting out dialogue with a whiskey-soaked growl) in a prisoner transfer. The prisoner turns out to be the luscious Erika Eleniak, and as she quickly makes the first of several escape attempts, you get to see: a) exciting new uses for feminine hygiene products; b) the redneck charm of the countryside between Charleston and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; c) some great cameos by Dean Stockwell, Seymour Cassel, Gary Busey, Marilu Henner, Fredric Forrest, and director Dennis Hopper, himself (sporting a bulbous nose and a blow-up sex toy!); d) the famous Eleniak nude love scene, followed by McNamara chasing her, naked, after she runs, again (he shows more skin than she does); and e) the obligatory happy ending, as Berenger proves he has a 'heart of gold', and that 'love (or a healthy lust, anyway!) conquers all'. Is this a classic? Are you kidding? Then again, neither were the Corman films...but as a tribute to the genre, 'Chasers' is fun, and a terrific 'kick off the shoes, pop some popcorn' flick!
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Summary: Great Berenger flick with the ghost of Ricky Nelson.
Review: If you were ever in the Navy you'll love the scene where Berenger and McNamara visit the brig to pick up their prisoner. This scene with Gary Busey is worth the price of admission. McNamara embodies the soul of Ricky Nelson but he's a much better actor than Ricky was. Erika isn't bad either. The plot moves along and is funny and bittersweet enough to earn the label "entertainment."
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Summary: Dennis Hopper's Chasers
Review: It is always easy to judge a comedy. A good one makes you laugh, a bad one does not. This is a bad comedy. Too cute William McNamara plays Navy dude Eddie Devane who is celebrating his impending discharge. He has prepaid for a Porsche with money he has been stealing from the Navy by selling things on the black market with the help of his neurotic friend Howard (Crispin Glover). In one of those unbelievable plot developments, Eddie is sent to help hard as a rock Rock Reilly (Tom Berenger) retrieve a dangerous prisoner named Tony Johnson and bring him back to base to be flown out to his permanent incarceration in California. The duo must drive through the Carolinas to do this, resulting in madcap Southern stereotypes. Well, the bickering couple get to the Marine prison, and lo and behold, he is a she! Boing! And she is hot TonI (Erika Eleniak), not TonY! Wah-wah-wah! I hope the trip back goes as smoothly as every other trip Rock has gone on! Toni soon makes her true self known, escaping from a preplanned truck stop with the help of a friend. She is recaptured. She sabotages Rock's van by stuffing tampons in the gas tank, and the trio is stranded in the middle of nowhere. The three fall into an abandoned mine shaft, and Toni gets out. She plans to escape, but gets a conscience and returns to help the boys out. As Eddie's life falls apart (Howard steals his Porsche), he gets drunk and sleeps with Toni, who naturally escapes again. She is recaptured again, but she has melted the hearts of these two guys with her sob story. She committed assault because she could not get an emergency leave to see her dying brother. Eddie and Rock deliver Toni to the proper authorities, but both have had life altering experiences (and an extended fist fight), and they come up with a goofy plan to spring Toni so she and Eddie can live happily ever after. Dennis Hopper could not stage a comedic scene to save his life. He has no idea how to direct physical comedy. The tampons in the gas tank scene is awkward and obvious. The truck stop escape scene has Toni in a bad wig associating with Eddie and Rock, who have no earthly idea who she is! She looks the exact same, she is not Lon Chaney! While Hopper is having technical problems, the real fault here lies with the screenwriters (one of whom is from my hometown of Minot). All the characters here are stupid. All of them. The Navy and Marines have some weird intermilitary rivalry (my dad was in the Air Force but we never got into fisticuffs with Army brats), the Carolinians are of the "Deliverance" variety, the women are all sexual objects, and the men are bitter drunks and wackos. McNamara is baby faced in a part obviously inspired by all of Tom Cruise's roles. Tom Berenger sounds like Nick Nolte in "48HRS," and his change in character at the end is forced and unbelievable. Eleniak plays Toni as sympathetic, but I kept asking myself why she was set on escaping all the time. Sure, no one wants to serve time in prison, but I thought that reason was secondary to some big climactic confession that never comes about. Hopper populates this nightmare with tons of character actors in bit and cameo parts. Watch for Marilu Henner and actual Oscar nominees (listed at the end of this review) try to add a wackiness to the film that just is not there. Hopper's own cameo, with a fake nose that makes him look like Karl Malden, is as funny as a prostate exam. "Chasers" can recall "The Last Detail," mirroring the basic plot but nothing more. This film lurches from scene to scene, never giving the audience anyone to like. Even Eleniak's topless scene is anticlimactic (so to speak), offering us the same thing we (or, at least, I) have seen in the pages of Playboy. A bad comedy contains no laughs, and I literally did not laugh once. Do not pursue "Chasers." "Chasers" contains six (!) Academy Award nominees- Tom Berenger, Gary Busey, Seymour Cassel, Frederic Forrest, Dennis Hopper, and Dean Stockwell. (R)- Physical violence, mild gun violence, strong profanity, female nudity, male nudity, sexual content, some sexual references, mild drug references, and some adult situations
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Summary: It was alright
Review: It's not a good movie. It's not a bad movie. It's just a movie worth watching to pass the time. It was a comedy and I didn't laugh but it held my interest. I thought the sex scene with the girl who has one eyebrow didn't fit well in the movie but what the heck?
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Summary: An entertaining movie, even for a sailor in BFE
Review: Not a bad movie at all. I spotted it in the video rental and thought why not. It isn't the best movie in the world, but it isn't the worst one either. Of course seeing Elena naked was a big plus.
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Summary: Erika Eleniak makes this movie
Review: This is a good movie. Only thing is, it's not really a comedy like it is said to be. There are a few humorous lines bt whatis there is unoriginal humor and definitely not laugh--out-loud funny. For wxample, in te bedroom scene just before Toni(Eleniak) and Eddy(MacNamera) make love, Eddy is unable to take her shirt off as a result of her being handcuffed to the bed post. Before leaving to retrieve the handcuff key, hey tells her, "Okay, don't go anywhere." See, not original and definitely not laugh-out-loud funny. But, the movie is a good drama and ha a pretty good plot. And having some provocative lines from Eleniak, a scantily clad Eleniak and the one scene with Eleniak naked alone make this movie worth 5 stars. 10 even.
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