Gotcha! (1985)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Kanew

Writers:

Paul G. Hensler (story) and
Dan Gordon (story) ...

Release Date:

3 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Meet Jonathan. A college student who loves girls, games & gunplay. This year, on vacation in Paris, he's going to find out about all three. For real!

Plot:

Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns...

Plot Keywords:

Game | Spy | Gotcha | Strudel | Role Playing Game

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Jonathan
Linda Fiorentino	...	Sasha
Jsu Garcia	...	Manolo (as Nick Corri)
Alex Rocco	...	Al
Marla Adams	...	Maria
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Vlad (as Klaus Loewitsch)
Christopher Rydell	...	Bob Jensen
Christie Claridge	...	Girl Student
Brad Cowgill	...	Reilly
Kari Lizer	...	Muffy
David Wohl	...	Professor
Irene Olga López	...	Rosario
Bernard Spiegel	...	Taxi Driver
Muriel Dubrule	...	Paris Blonde
Tiina Maria	...	Heidi

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: When leaving the DDR by foot the border guard asks Jonathon "What was your purpose of visit to East Berlin?" - East Berlin was never referred to as "East" by the DDR as this would lend recognition to the occupying forces of the other side - they would have said just "Berlin" or "Berlin Haupstadt der DDR" (capital of the DDR)- they referred to West Berlin as "Westberlin" or "Berlin (west)"

Quotes:

Duty Officer: All right, move those cars, this is the CIA.
Manolo: You got no juice here, man.
Bob Jensen: Yeah, well this is Government juice, Pachuco.
Manolo: Don't show me your badges, we don't know nothing about no stinking badges.
[the CIA men pull out their pistols]
Bob Jensen: Look, we're not playing games here, greaseball!
Manolo: Neither are we, Amigo.
[about 25 Gangbangers point various guns at the CIA men]
Manolo: Remember the Alamo?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Chuck: Chuck Versus the Seduction (#2.2)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

I Love L.A.

Don't let the picture on the box fool you!

Gotcha is a perfect example of the old expression "you can't judge a book by it's cover". In this case, you can't judge a film by the art on the video box. If you can manage to ignore the misleading 80's teen sex romp box art long enough to give Gotcha a chance, what you'll find is a fast paced, surprisingly suspense filled, action-comedy starring everybody's favorite ER doc Anthony Edwards (who knew he ever had this much hair?) as a college loser hoping to find himself as he embarks for a few weeks in Europe. What he finds is espionage, assassins and a beautiful stranger with a secret.