Rumjal
This film has been unfairly condemned by those who are not fans of this type of game. Real gamesmen love this type of film, as much as they love the game itself. I note that this film was based upon the college game of Assassin which used paint-ball guns, and that there is now a successor to this game called StreetWars created in 2004 which uses water pistols and which has been held in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London and Paris. It is to be hoped that this latest installment of the game will yield a another movie. A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins By MICHAEL Wilson www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/nyregion/27wars.html
queenb80
Before Anthony Edwards was fighting cancer and his receding hair line he stared in this romantic thriller of the 80s. Edwards plays Johnathan, a student who spends his time playing paint-ball games and striking out with ladies in tight sweaters. He takes a little trip to Europe and finds himself mixed up in all kinds of crazy espionage. Nick Corri has a supporting role as the hot best friend. Linda Fiorentino (once again not so much as cracking a smile for more than five seconds)plays Sasha, the mysterious young woman who convinces Johnathan to take a little detour. This movie is a perfect 80s film. It has everything; sex, drugs, spies, and bad accents. It is a must see!
Pepper Anne
In my book, Gotcha! is another good movie in Anthony Edward's catalog of 80s movies. Edwards is Jonathan, a somewhat wimpy looking college student who's afternoon frat boy fun of tagging his rival classmates with a dart gun as he chases them around campus, is about to come a reality in an arena of gritty international espionage. And Jonathan oughta know, these guys don't f**k around. Jonathan and his buddy, Manolo (Jsu Garcia) take a trip to Europe during semester vacation. For Jonathan, he'd like to spend times soaking up the local culture with beautiful girls, but he's just too quiet for all of that, unlike Manolo, who's so brazen that his pick up lines are thinly disguised stories about him being a spy and needing an escort to help distract those who are following him. So, of course Manolo gets the girl.But Jonathan soon get's lucky, too, meeting an elegant, but secretive Russian woman named Sasha (Linda Florentino) who gives him some story about being an exchange student and all of that. He even ditches his friend, Manolo (they were supposed to go to Spain) to go with his girlfriend to Germany, which is not an ideal vacation destination in 1985. But Jonathan, smitten with his new girlfriend, finds out there is more going on, and soon enough, his little games of pretending to be a spy are going to help him get out a real jam, or else he's going to wind up dead. It is actually a really enjoyable movie, seeing this quirky guy stuck in a real life game of cat and mouse.
KooLLaiD
I remember seeing this movie when it first came out, it instantly became one of my favorites. IT was fun, had a nice plot, and Linda Fiorentino was a bombshell. If those that have seen it did not notice, but this movie can pretty much be single handedly thanked for PAINTBALL. In fact when the movie came out they even had the Gotcha Guns, which was pitched by quarterback Jim McMahon. The game was played by Anthony edwards(E.R, Top Gun) and his friends around college, they each had a id card and were assigned a person to kill, honestly I thought it to be a great idea that could be a lot of fun.so everyone that is out there playing paintball every weekend which I am sure there are a lot of you, thank this movie. If you are a fan of the 80's this is a definite must see.
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