There are a lot of laughs in this movie. Some of them might even be intentional. Hard to tell...it IS, after all, a cheap and poorly edited piece of work. But surprisingly, the acting is decent in parts. I especially liked the character of the President. There is a laugh-out-loud scene in the White House bowling alley, when Dean Stockwell gets his hand stuck in the ball, and the President doesn't even notice. I've never seen Stockwell do physical comedy before, and he was quite good. Also, in all the films I've seen of him, this is one of the few films where Dean actually kisses a girl. Okay, so he's chained to a chair at the time... The movie isn't the least bit scary, though the scene in the tipped over phone booth has it's moments (phone booth? Boy, that sure dates a movie!). Mostly, Dean Stockwell runs around looking like a puppy dog that ain't housebroken.
The script attempts to be a satire on Watergate, Vietnam protesters, Spiro Agnew, Martha Mitchell, and the dreaded liberal bias of the media. The fact that it doesn't work very well is not enough to make me pan this film. I mean, there's still that bowling alley scene...
The script attempts to be a satire on Watergate, Vietnam protesters, Spiro Agnew, Martha Mitchell, and the dreaded liberal bias of the media. The fact that it doesn't work very well is not enough to make me pan this film. I mean, there's still that bowling alley scene...