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Jake Speed (1986)
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30 May 1986 (USA)
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When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only Grandpa knows what to do. He puts in a call to a fictional hero...
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Africa
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Not what you might expect
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wayne Crawford | ... | Jake Speed |
 | Dennis Christopher | ... | Desmond Floyd |
| Karen Kopins | ... | Margaret Winston |
 | John Hurt | ... | Sid |
| Leon Ames | ... | Pop |
| Roy London | ... | Maurice |
| Donna Pescow | ... | Wendy |
| Barry Primus | ... | Lawrence |
 | Monte Markham | ... | Mr. Winston |
| Millie Perkins | ... | Mrs. Winston |
| Becca C. Ashley | ... | Maureen (as Rebecca Ashley) |
 | Alan Shearman | ... | Rodrigo |
| Karl Johnson | ... | Charles |
 | Sal Viscuso | ... | Newsstand Attendant |
 | Ken Lerner | ... | Ken |
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100 min | UK:93 min (Video Version)
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[Margaret is captured by the white slavers]
Sid: Yesss. You're a bit straight, but you've got potential.
Margaret Winston: You scum sucking pig!
Sid: How old are you, pussycat? How old!
Margaret Winston: Twenty-seven.
Sid: Sorry. This is a game for kids.
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Sid: Yesss. You're a bit straight, but you've got potential.
Margaret Winston: You scum sucking pig!
Sid: How old are you, pussycat? How old!
Margaret Winston: Twenty-seven.
Sid: Sorry. This is a game for kids.
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References Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
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Small Change
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One of my favorite films for a number of years was "Last Action Hero"; unfortunately, Arnold Schwarznegger decided to spoil my fun by becoming a corrupt scumbag politician; so now I can't bear any film he may had a hand in.
The Adventures of Jake Speed actually toys with some themes similar to those in Last...Hero; so I was pleased to find it on DVD, so I could watch these themes played out so well.
Despite the "plot-within-the-plot" involving white slavery during an African nation's civil war, this is not an action movie. The plot that the "plot-within-a-plot" is within, is actually about a question that the film has no intention to resolve: Is Jake Speed a real person that is helping the heroine save her sister from the white-slave trader; or is he actually a fictional character (which means that the heroine has somehow entered the universe that really only exists in a series of pulp novels)? I suggest that this is not all that clearly defined in the film, and that Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane are perfectly aware of this. The film thus becomes a presentation of what audiences may want from such a fictional "adventure-story" universe. That's actually a rich theme, the potential heaviness of which is lightened by the film's amiable and campy sense of humor.
There are weaknesses to the film - primarily it's cinematography, which makes the film look like a TV show. And the pacing does sag on occasion.
But I really like these characters, and I enjoy the adventure they live, however silly. And I just find fascinating the idea that this adventure is actually taking place in a novel.
Holds up under multiple viewings -m good show!