Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Lawbolisted Powerful

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

generationofswine When I first saw this I couldn't wait to get into college and play paintball...and when, over a decade later, I actually did go off to college I played paintball once and then switched to Disc Golf and Ultimate Frisbee.It still looks like it is a hell of a lot of fun, but the bottom line is that you would be arrested and tried on charges of terrorism and assault with a deadly weapon if you went around campus playing paintball...especially with guns that looked like those.So instead people got stuck playing other college games on campus...And watching Gotcha!, because it is fun.That's really where it's at, it's one of those movies that are "What if the typical American Male gets thrust into a James Bond role." And, like If Looks Could Kill, it works. The difference is Gotcha! is a little more muted and a lot more down to earth.What if an American college kid gets thrown into the French Connection...more like that than James Bond.And...for a Cheery...it's when Anthony Edwards had hair which was well before he became a Doctor. So double trouble.

lost-in-limbo Quite an appealing and quirky, if dated (with its politics) mid-eighties teen romantic comedy-thriller set mainly in Europe and starring a young Anthony Edwards as a college sophomore who's simply an ace at a campus assassination game known as Gotcha, although he can't seem to score with the girls. He hopes that this would change when he travels to Europe for a summer vacation and things do turn out for him when he meets a young lady Sasha. Everything is going well, until they travel to East Berlin where he learns she is not all that she seems. She disappears and he finds himself on the run from some Russian spies who believe he has something they want. "Gotcha!" starts off like your typical simple minded teen comedy, before slowly setting the situation up (dangerous spy games) and then having the novelty (our hero being a pro with a paint gun) ending in an ironically smart manner. Director Jeff Kanew (who was behind "Revenge of the Nerds") does a workable job blending its romantic shades (which familiarly plays out its message) with the lethal action in some amusingly funny exchanges (like those scenes involving the worried parents; "You had to let him go to Europe"!) and thrilling on-the-run scenarios. The script is sharply penned with its dialogues. A likable Edwards is perfectly cast in lead role as the naïve hero who actually becomes a target for real and Linda Fiorentino is ravishingly mysterious as the lady who he falls for. Gotta love the title song too… it has a catchy hook and also showing up in the cast is Alex Rocco. "It's just a game."

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews After an opening gag that tries way too hard and doesn't surprise the audience one bit, this proceeds to remind us of all the things we desperately want to forget about the 80's, starting with the title song that literally fits with the name of the flick, and which is invariably a lousy pop. This is an entirely run-of-the-mill quirky teen comedy... and I use that term loosely, as an extensive search revealed no more than maybe two genuine jokes(and they didn't actually make me laugh). Starring Doc Greene before he put on glasses, a serious face and letters after his surname as an incredibly moronic dude(and honestly, was anyone *that* ignorant during the Cold War?), the primary focus here really appears to be to make fun of all the stupid foreigners that too much of the country thinks the rest of the world is made up of. The material includes lame puns, awful stereotypes and a really poor routine on bureaucracy. It isn't the worst piece of propaganda that this period in history has produced in the form of mainstream entertainment, but it can still be quite sickening. Isn't it ironic how the entry into East Berlin, as shown in this, mirrors getting into the US today, except for the guns? The acting is decent. There is some tension and excitement to be found in this. And hey, the voice of Roger Myers(the guy who runs the fictional animation department that produces Itchy & Scratchy in The Simpsons) is in it. And there's a little hot content, including seconds of nipple-less Fiorentino side-boob. There's a tad of sexuality, and occasional strong language in this. I recommend it purely to those who can't get enough of movies from the decade that have "love" as the subject. 6/10

j_balla_16 i was up late one night when i see an 80's movie coming on that i have not seen before ( i know it was 80's just by the music). i checked the synopsis on my cable box, it looked good, so i watched. i thought it was great! he may be a kid with rich parents that pay for everything for him, but thats OK. most parents are like that anyways, just not with as much money. of course, while "seeing the sites" on the all expenses paid vacation courtesy of his parents, he runs into the European girl of his dreams. now, he's a college guy who's whole testosterone lifestyle revolves around getting busy in bed... and he succeeds! who cares that he went to east Berlin to keep getting some, its a movie and half the adventure was him trying to get back across. by the end, it all comes back to the campus where the bad guys are now in "his neighborhood" and he cleans them up with a tranquilizer gun (which is pretty sick by the way... i mean, i would totally take one of those over a 9 mil..). anyways...this movie was made before i was born, but i think its just another great 80's "brat pack"-style movie that should go down with the best of them.