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Traxx [VHS]

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i don't think they've release this on DVD. Good thing i bought this on VHS oh so many years ago

This movie is silly. It's about a mercenary killer/soldier of fortune who wants to give up killing to bake cookies. The problem is, he can't cook. So to earn money until he makes it big in the cookie business, he goes to a big city with a crime problem and offers to clean up their streets in exchange for cash. Traxx, the main character, is stupid, a bad cook and kind of dense, but for some strange reason he can't be shot (all the bad guys are terrible aims; his inability to be hit by a bullet when he engages in numerous full scale gun fights is a running joke in the movie)

In the end, the local crime lord calls in three psychopaths to kill Traxx. These people are so mean, they threaten to kill the crime lord's accountant unless he sings Old McDonald with them. They pick the animal, he has to make the sound. They pick a gazelle, which confuses the poor guy and nearly gets him killed (turns out, "it's a trick question; gazelle's ain't got no voice box")

And then they kidnap the little league baseball team and Traxx has to go rescue them. Like i said, this is a silly movie. Not slapstick like the Zucker brothers and Airplane, but it doesn't pretend to realistic. And while the whole movie sounds really, really bad, this movie really is incredibly funny, especially if you're watching it with a bunch of friends who enjoy poking fun at movies that intentionally try to be bad. This movie is a classic, and i wish more people had seen it

To be able to watch and enjoy Traxx, you have to realize that you can't take the movie seriously. Actually, this isn't all that difficult to do because the movie itself doesn't take itself all that seriously. It looks like everyone involved in this production had a good time just having fun with the premise, and running with it. The premise itself is simple, ex-mercenary Traxx, the hero, wants to make cookies to compete with Famous Amos, but he's not a good cook, and soon runs out of money. To make money, he decides to become a town tamer, and restore law and order to a town which is heavily overrun by the criminal element, and charge the city $10,000 for his services

From there, the movie really takes off, leading to several hilarious encounters with the bad guys, as Traxx single handedly picks them off. During most of the fights Traxx stands center stage, hardly ever moving, but nobody seems able to hit him during the gun fights, which becomes one of the running gags of the movie since he has never been shot, which he tells to his extremely reluctant sidekick, whom he has recruited, whether he wants the job or not.

Traxx's choice of fillings for his cookies are some of the funniest moments of the movies, who could seriously think anyone would enjoy eating either cough drop and laxative cookies, crab cookies, or chili cookies? Traxx is the only person on the planet who could have come up with these combinations. This running gag itself is one of the funniest in the movie.

The movie winds to a close as three brothers, the Guzik brothers, are called in to deal with Traxx. They kidnap the police little league team for hostages, and give Traxx an hour to show up at a bar to have a stand off with them. One of the funniest moments of the movie occurs in the bar during the midst of a gun fight when all four of them suspend their gunplay to listen to a woman talking on the television. That scene itself was hilarious, as well as the conclusion to the movie itself. I highly recommend you find a way to see this movie, even if it means renting it. If you like your action flavored with some off the wall comedy then this is the movie for you.

The collective group of friends who watched this movie with me agreed with the positive ratings of the other reviewers, but there certainly are funnier parts of the movie than they claimed. It's definitely the subtler humor that's more amusing, such as the end of the idiotic love scene in the library or the great opening scene at the pet shop.

This movie is best enjoyed by persons who have also watched and enjoyed such classics as UHF, Army of Darkness, Mr. T's Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool, etc., or in other words, by people who enjoy completely ludicrous humor. There's definitely some dull spots to sit through (hence 4 stars) but definitely worth it.

This is a really funny, somewhat crude movie full of misfits and and oddballs and lots of loud, bloodless violence. My husband, son and I rented this movie a half dozen times in as many years and found it just as funny each time. We recommended it to every one. When I finally decided to buy it, I think I got the very last copy available in the free world. At the time I attempted to get 2 copies,(1 as a gift),and was told "that was it" 1 copy. I have returned to this sight every few months ever since, waiting for it to be released again.

Traxx a very funny, quick paced movie. The tongue in cheek on OO7, and Rambo. and Die Hard films is one reason I still have
a VHS player. It would be fantastic if this did come out on DVD.Fire Ice (The Numa Files)

Like the other reviewers of this movie, it tops the chart for being one of the most ludicrous and ridiculous movies to ever come down the cinematic pike. However, I must confess that when my buddies and me first sat down to watch it way back when, we could not stop laughing from beginning to end. Shadoe Stevens is perfectly cast as this cool-as-a-cucumber mercenary who comes into a lawless hell-hole of a town for the sole purpose of 'cleaning it up'; hence telling the bad guys to, "get out of town". We have not eyeballed this flick since the late 80's, so it's going to be a blast to relive the guffaws, chuckles and belly-laughs. Hmmnn... even if your tastes run a little on the higher-end of the comedy spectrum, this lunatic offering just might have *you* 'guffawing'...