This isn't that good of a movie but it has a mysterious charm working
for it that I can't quite put my finger on. I don't know, but I think
it has something to do with the camaraderie of the four naive sailors.
This film focuses on four sailors fresh from boot camp who have a
weekend pass in LA before they head their separate ways, various
specialized schools. LA is the former haunt of Spencer and Bunker Hill
(Chip McAllester) who have dames from their past they're eager to meet
while nerd Lester has a phone number of his commander's niece and
Fricker (D.W. Brown) has a spot lined up at a prestigious LA comedy
club. They each have their missions but Lester's is the only one that
proves fruitful, however, each sailor finds romance in the arms of a
woman they weren't expecting.
STORY: (The story really is a letdown. It really isn't the story as
much as the filler that hinders the viewing experience. The director
gives FAR too much time to dance choreography, tossing in some lame
mime shows, aerobics workouts and a spandex-clad dance climax. However,
despite the emphasis on dancing, the love story of Bunker Hill and his
aerobics instructor sustains interest as does Spencer's fling with
college chum Hilary Shepard, who doesn't quite live up to his
fantasy--she's too Hollywood for his tastes. Fricker's lead up to his
comedy routine could have used some work as could Lester's set-up with
the commander's niece (Graem McGavin).}
Los Angeles baby!
This guy can act.
a bad day for stand up comedy.
ACTING: For a 1980s comedy that featured a bunch of lesser names,
the acting wasn't that bad. D.W. Brown and Chip McAllester shine.
You'll feel for Brown's Fricker whose main ambition is to be a great
standup comic but he just doesn't have it. His failure, however, leads
to a romance with the cute Daureen Collodel, who, just like Fricker,
was a bomb on the stage at the comedy club. McAllester is solid as
Bunker Hill who returns to his old stomping grounds--and all black
neighborhood--with his three white sailor chums. Some ethnic jokes
ensue. Hilary Shepard gives a quality performance as Spencer's object
of lust who cares for nothing but her own image. She gives the best
line in the film when she agrees to bed Spencer but only under her
rules--mechanical appliance necessary. She tells Spencers that
conventional sex went out with bell bottom pants. Graem McGavin gives a
sensitive performance as the sheepish girl that Lester dates.
average 80's nudity.
Pole dancer.
Asian massage.
Too much of a woman for such a naive dude.
there ain't nothing like a bath tube.
NUDITY: There are your typical strip club nude scenes supplied by
"actresses" early in the film as the sailors first destination is eats
and titillation. Later on Hilary "The Body" Shepard disrobes for a bath
but gets rebuked by Spencer. Buxom little Graem McGavin isn't as
obliging in this film as she was in MY TUTOR.
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