I will admit, some people have 80's nostalgia on this movie, but it is PAINFULLY bad, particularly the ending. I mean, I can appreciate it on a different level as being a "bad movie" but this is a laughing-at situation, not a laughing with. If I had to categorize it, it would be right next to Red Dawn- a higher budget ham fisted Soviet flick.
Things to look for: - Soviet spies manage to sneak up on them in an open field, dressed in menacing black outfits - But then shoot and miss, at about 30 paces - But then run after them waving around guns and shooting up the campus! - While the campus is oblivious. Somehow. - But then Jonathan shoots one from behind, and shouts "Gotcha!" - And likes this so much, he does it twice more, in two completely unnecessary scenes. Which would have made a funny running gag, if they had just had 10 guys chasing him instead of 4.
Cringeworth at points, indeed. The suspension of disbelief in this movie is that films this bad simply cannot exist. But, by the end, even that is dispelled.
Things to look for: - Soviet spies manage to sneak up on them in an open field, dressed in menacing black outfits - But then shoot and miss, at about 30 paces - But then run after them waving around guns and shooting up the campus! - While the campus is oblivious. Somehow. - But then Jonathan shoots one from behind, and shouts "Gotcha!" - And likes this so much, he does it twice more, in two completely unnecessary scenes. Which would have made a funny running gag, if they had just had 10 guys chasing him instead of 4.
Cringeworth at points, indeed. The suspension of disbelief in this movie is that films this bad simply cannot exist. But, by the end, even that is dispelled.