I'm not sure how I missed this movie for 30 years. I wasn't even aware of this title until it showed up on RetroPlex this morning. A rather nice little flick from early in Val Kilmer's career before 1990, when he and Brad Pitt became walking spare parts for each other.
With flavors of Animal House, Fast Times, and a few others, I wish I had seen this when it came out, because 30 years later I have lost much of my first-time-sex sensibility and silliness that I would have appreciated more in '85.
In any case, still entertaining, with Kilmer throwing off some very wild, young man mania. The story is fun, and certainly moves right along, not really bogging down during its running time. It kinda runs off the rails of plausibility at the end, but if you pull me in in the first few minutes, I can deal with that. (Remember Jaws? The end of that movie is ridiculous, but Spielberg had me with the opening scene at the beach.)
Definitely worth a watch. Made me long for my old IBM XT.
With flavors of Animal House, Fast Times, and a few others, I wish I had seen this when it came out, because 30 years later I have lost much of my first-time-sex sensibility and silliness that I would have appreciated more in '85.
In any case, still entertaining, with Kilmer throwing off some very wild, young man mania. The story is fun, and certainly moves right along, not really bogging down during its running time. It kinda runs off the rails of plausibility at the end, but if you pull me in in the first few minutes, I can deal with that. (Remember Jaws? The end of that movie is ridiculous, but Spielberg had me with the opening scene at the beach.)
Definitely worth a watch. Made me long for my old IBM XT.