Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex.
All his clients pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts, but not money.
Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals, are killed soon after speaking with Ford....
Ever since hearing about this film twenty three years ago, I knew what to expect, and I always knew I'd enjoy it for its absurdity. But here in the UK, it vanished when it bombed in the US.
It's never been on TV, and I trawled for years to get the DVD, and after finally seeing it, I got exactly what I expected from Renny Harlingen, and the biggest producer of the era, Joel Silver.
Its loud, flashy, full of sporadic characters and big bangs, and even bigger hair, and then there's the star.
He's the heart and soul of the film, and you really have to take to him, because he just tiptoes on that thin line between endearing or risible. Luckily for me, and the rest of the world, the trailer emphasises this so much, that it's not really a trailer, rather more of a warm up.
Plot wise, it's your standard gumshoe fare, missing girl, suspect characters, and special guest stars as the villains. But the supporting characters are just so brilliant, they elevate an average story into something a little bonkers.
Jokes are old, predictable, but still funny, and its your typical late eighties, early nineties actioner, big dumb, but lots of fun.
Would make a great double bill with Hudson Hawk.
All his clients pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts, but not money.
Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals, are killed soon after speaking with Ford....
Ever since hearing about this film twenty three years ago, I knew what to expect, and I always knew I'd enjoy it for its absurdity. But here in the UK, it vanished when it bombed in the US.
It's never been on TV, and I trawled for years to get the DVD, and after finally seeing it, I got exactly what I expected from Renny Harlingen, and the biggest producer of the era, Joel Silver.
Its loud, flashy, full of sporadic characters and big bangs, and even bigger hair, and then there's the star.
He's the heart and soul of the film, and you really have to take to him, because he just tiptoes on that thin line between endearing or risible. Luckily for me, and the rest of the world, the trailer emphasises this so much, that it's not really a trailer, rather more of a warm up.
Plot wise, it's your standard gumshoe fare, missing girl, suspect characters, and special guest stars as the villains. But the supporting characters are just so brilliant, they elevate an average story into something a little bonkers.
Jokes are old, predictable, but still funny, and its your typical late eighties, early nineties actioner, big dumb, but lots of fun.
Would make a great double bill with Hudson Hawk.