Troubled Vietnam vet Julius Vrooder (Timothy Bottoms) plays pranks on his VA hospital doctor Passki. Passki's girlfriend nurse Zanni (Barbara Hershey) is taken with Vrooder and follows him into the woods. First, she falls into his trap and then joins him in his bunker.
Playboy made movies? I guess that makes sense but they're not using their main assets in this. It's trying to be a character study. It's interesting that this came out a year before One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). It's nowhere near as compelling. Vrooder is not in enough danger for this to be compelling. In essence, this movie struggles to find stakes. If the cops find him, he wouldn't be in that much trouble. He's perfectly content where he is and in the worst case scenario, he stays there. The romance is cute but it's done after the first fifteen minutes. Passki is a dud and the love triangle has no juice. These are interesting characters but they don't do much. It's nice enough but it's not quite enough.
Playboy made movies? I guess that makes sense but they're not using their main assets in this. It's trying to be a character study. It's interesting that this came out a year before One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). It's nowhere near as compelling. Vrooder is not in enough danger for this to be compelling. In essence, this movie struggles to find stakes. If the cops find him, he wouldn't be in that much trouble. He's perfectly content where he is and in the worst case scenario, he stays there. The romance is cute but it's done after the first fifteen minutes. Passki is a dud and the love triangle has no juice. These are interesting characters but they don't do much. It's nice enough but it's not quite enough.