The Chase (1994)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Adam Rifkin

Writer (WGA):

Adam Rifkin (written by)

Release Date:

4 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Thriller | Action | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Getting there is twice the fun.

Plot:

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Chase | Car Chase | Kidnapping | Newscast

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Jackson Davis Hammond
Kristy Swanson	...	Natalie Voss
Henry Rollins	...	Officer Dobbs
Josh Mostel	...	Officer Figus
Wayne Grace	...	Chief Boyle
Rocky Carroll	...	Byron Wilder
Miles Dougal	...	Liam Segal
Ray Wise	...	Dalton Voss
Marshall Bell	...	Ari Josephson
Joe Sagal	...	Sergeant Hodges
Claudia Christian	...	Yvonne Voss
Alex Morris	...	Cop #1 (as Alex Allen Morris)
Marco Perella	...	Cop #2
Wirt Cain	...	Bill Cromwell
Bree Walker	...	Wendy Sorenson (as Bree Walker Lampley)

Runtime:

UK:89 min | USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | France:Unrated | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Hardy Toll Road, Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

Capitol Films

Trivia:

At the very end (after the credits) Charlie Sheen quotes a scene from Apocalypse Now (1979) (which starred his father, Martin Sheen.)

Goofs:

Factual errors: With just 10 miles to go to the Mexican border the daylight goes from bright sunlight to the dead of night. At the high-speed chase they were on, that distance would have been covered in far less than 10 minutes, far too quickly for the sun to completely set.

Quotes:

Officer Figus: You're confused! He's confused you! It's very confusing!

Movie Connections:

References "Geraldo" (1987)

Soundtrack:

OUR OWN WAY

A parody, not meant to be taken seriously, you poor "critics"!

Of course it's cheesy, it's supposed to be! It's parody, not an "action" flick! If you expected a Steven Seagal movie, you should have gone to one! Those of us who appreciate the nature of satire and parody can find it everywhere in this movie! Any one who has lived in California has seen several elements of this chase on their own televisions, LIVE!

The names of the characters are great, (Cary Elwes as Steve Horsegroovy, Ron Jeremy as a camera man, Bree Walker, an L.A. anchorwoman, playing an anchorwoman, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing a redneck moron named Will) and their roles are exaggerated, as they should be in a spoof. If you just don't get it, don't waste your time watching it! And please stop crying about it. Lighten up!