Customer Reviews

Fast Getaway [VHS]

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I saw this movie for the first time when it first came out on VHS in the 90's. I really liked it. It is a light action comedy. Corey Haim, was a star in late 80's. This is one of the better films with him. Cynthia och Leo makes the best of it. The fallow up, "Fast Getaway II" is not that good.

I think the movie deserves 5 stars because it was funny and still was serious. It always kept you on the edge of your seat wondering whats going to happen next. It deserves all the credit it has gotten and more. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone that wants something new to watch.

Corey's last great movie before his long stint of forgettable B Films
Proves that he doesn't need Feldman as a sidekick to make a funny entertaining film
Of course this movie is probably only for fans, but as a Haim fan, this is my absolute favorite of his films!

Leo Rossi,Corey Haim are a father and Son bank robbing team helped by Cynthia Rothrock who pull off various daring but non violent bank robberies until one day ROSSI fall out with ROTHROCK over sharing a haul with his Son (HAIM)
In revenge ROTHROCK sets ROSSI up and he is arrested and HAIM ends up in Jail with his Dad until ROSSI`s EX Wife see`s a news story and recognises HAIM and claims him as a legal parent.
She trys to stear HAIM in a direction that will help him lead a normal crime free life,but his Dad has already brainwashed him into thinking that robberies are cool that is until he discovers that Loraine(ROSSI¬s EX WIFE) is in fact his mother.
All manor of things happen including HAIM being kidnapped by ROTHROCK because HAIM is the brains behind all there robberies and ROTHROCK wants him for herself.
ROSSI after being broken out of jail by HAIM embarks in getting his kid back with the help of Loraine.
An entertaining film but still on the far fetched childish side

Funniest part of the film is when Corey Haim dresses up as a woman to fool the guards and looks scarily convincing in his
make up and high heels!!!!
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Corey Haim and Leo Rossi team up as a father-son bank robbing duo in this 1990 comedy. Corey Haim is Nelson Potter, a 16 year old kid who just wants what every kid his age wants, girls and money. Except as opposed to getting a job at McDonalds like most high school kids, Nelson robs banks for a living with his old man. Good stunts, great car chases, and solid acting from Corey Haim make this movie a lot better than it should be.

One of the last Corey Haim movies that anyone knows about, due to the fact that it was on HBO like 4 times a week. It's good as always for the pure entertainment value of watching Corey Haim do his thing. He enshrouds no mystery about his character. He's a nerdy actor in a cheesy movie, but he's great! And he's a lot better looking than his all-too-obvious counterpart, Corey feldman, who's appeared in several post-80's low-renter flicks with Haim like Blown Away. But Fast Getaway is worthy of yer money, trust me, and it's one of the first in a continuing line of cult underground films starring this disturbingly enigmatic man known as Corey Haim.

There are several car chases in this film, and they are
all great, considering it's a B movie!

The dialogue gets lame in between all the action. Count the # of times Corey says " Pop " in this film....could be a good drinking game?

Cory Haim brings alot of energy to this film, but he appears
to be high on coke! It's a manic, high strung performance.

He was made to be in B films, with his good looks and limited
range. The high points are a great bridge getaway, a revenge
plot with a crazy blonde, and a jail break.

The romance/sex scene with Corey and his blonde bombshell
is non-existant. Marcia Strassman of Welcome Back Kotter shows
up, and brings some stronger acting to the film, which the
other actors can't match.

All in all, a fun, mindless, popcorn B-movie, and a very
fast ride...

If you are into action movies that have good looking guys in them then this is a movie for you. It is full of action and suspense.

This movie has a ridiculous script,Corey Haim was adored by platoons of teen girls at that time ,because he was handsome;but this is not sufficient.He doesn't act at all,(I saw this fikm dubbed in Italian)but I think that the result is the same.Leo Rossi,who is he?Or whom would he like to be?Gerard Depardieu ,maybe? Listen to me,if the movie is a bit more spicy,everone should thank Mrs. Rothrock skills in martial arts.Her kicks are the only thing worth seeing in his b-movie