CHASERS
A film review by Tim Voon
Copyright 1997 Tim Voon
Directed by Dennis Hopper, Written by Jon Batteer, John Rice and Dan Gilroy Cast Tom Berenger William McNamara, Erika Eleniak, Crispin Glover, Dean Stockwell, Gary Busey, Seymour Cassell, Federic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Dennis Hopper
This movie is a poor excuse for a comedy. There is no plot and plenty of running about with nothing better to do (I guess that's why they called it CHASERS because there is no other relation to the plot that I can see.)
The story revolves around two navy officers (Berenger and McNamara) who are assigned to transport a beautiful, young female navy officer (Eleniak) to her court martial. She tries to escape numerous times; they fall in a pit where they all have to strip in order to escape; the younger officer (McNamara) sleeps with his prisoner (totally unethical), then falls in love with her and, the Captain (Berenger) takes pity on them and helps them to escape to Mexico.
All this in the name of comedy? What utter rubbish! At least my video recorder had a good work out with my constant thumb-pressing on the fast forward button of my remote control.
Poor direction, writing and acting.
Comment: Don't bother.
Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au
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