Product Details

• Actors: John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Joseph Lawrence (II), Bernie Casey, Hector Elizondo
• Directors: Rod Holcomb
• Format: NTSC
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Academy Home
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302590736
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,209 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Before Pulp Fiction put him back on the mainstream cultural radar, John Travolta lent his considerable charms (and, somewhat surprisingly, cowrote the script) to this wholly schizophrenic straight-to-video L.A. gangland drama. The opening expository scenes are a bit of a drag, but be sure to hang on; what starts out as a painfully earnest paean to these troubled streets abruptly (and delightfully) switches gears to become a viscerally bruising action flick, as Travolta's troubled social worker goes undercover to save a wholesome teen from a murderous street gang. Second-half highlights include a terrific use of found locations, a completely dumbfounding suspension bridge stunt destined to wear out rewind buttons everywhere, and a flamboyant drug lord (played by Law & Order hunk Benjamin Bratt) whose swinging bachelor pad includes a decidedly nonregulation alligator pit. Not likely to be featured in any future Travolta career retrospective, but a fun film nonetheless. --Andrew Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars nice movie, May 26, 2004

By	Catcher (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chains of Gold [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I brought this movie strickly on impulse from my work. It cost me $2.99, brand new (dvd). I'd never seen it before, but was very impressed. I know it is a TV movie, but nonetheless, it is very watchable. I can watch it several more times, in fact. After watching movies like these, you gain respect for independent films.

There are bad reviews for this movie out there, but I say hire it out and make up your own mind. A Travolta classic!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent,Underrated Travolta Film!!, May 16, 2002

By A Customer

In one of his lesser known films, John Travolta does an excelleent job potraying a social worker trying to rescue a kid from a brutal, vicious Crack Street Gang.I thought the film was excellent,John Travolta along with Marilu Henner did a superb acting job!!

2.0 out of 5 stars From social worker to Schwarzenegger, March 20, 2001

By	Keith Chircop "chircop" (Gzira) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chains of Gold [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Chains of Gold is one of those movies John Travolta did during his career slump. This one has Travolta as Scott Barnes, a social worker who rescues a kid from a drug-running street gang. Hector Elizondo has a part as Lieutenant Ortega. Silly plot certainly doesn't help this forgettable action movie. Director Rob Holcomb moved on to direct the excellent TV movie 'Finding the Way Home'.