Somebody down at Computer Casting Service must have been running a temperature when he matched Mel Gibson with Goldie Hawn (or when he matched each of them to their individual roles: Mel's a former hippie who still keeps the faith; Goldie's a former hippie who's now a corporate attorney). It hardly matters, though, because the relentless chases (car, motorcycle, airplane -- such imagination!) allow no recess for the people to be people. The shrieking high point for Goldie's fan club will doubtlessly be the cockroach in the shower; the equivalent moment for Mel's group -- a moment when the movie's professed liberalism is in full retreat -- will be his impersonation of a homosexual hairdresser. (But a thrill of another sort still awaits: "Take your pants off and get on the table.") Directed by John Badham. (1990) — Duncan Shepherd
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