Tagline: You are in a race against time...and terror. You are pursuing a nameless, faceless man through America's greatest amusement parks...and, for the first time, you are experiencing the most sensational rides of our time, IN SENSURROUND
Directed by: James Goldstone
Actors include: Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, George Widmark
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Length: 119 minutes
Banned: Nope
Review:
Although this does have one sweet disaster scene near the beginning involving a derailed rollercoaster, the rest is all downhill and it's a patronizing ride. I'm not saying that disaster movies have to be intelligent, far from it but this was beyond cookie cutter and obvious and pretty much nearly eye rolling along the way. It's about a terrorist (Timothy Bottoms who looks disturbing like George W. Bush) who makes bombs and blows up or interferes with rollercoasters for profit...I think. Our lead on the case Agent Harry (George Segal) takes our maniac seriously and therefore he's somewhat trusted by the villain. During a money drop scene things couldn't get more tedious as he's being directed to ride most of the attractions at the theme park...and we get to tag along? It's sort of like an anti-tourist video for theme parks and a really unthrilling thriller all rolled into one! Also be on the lookout for a performance from the band Sparks from whom I do like an album but definitely not the song from this movie. It's a shame this wasn't something I really dug because this formula should have spelled success.
Availability: On DVD
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