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36 out of 43 people found the following comment useful :-
A parody, not meant to be taken seriously, you poor "critics"!, 26 March 2003

Author: dragonfixer

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!

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21 out of 29 people found the following comment useful :-
Predictable but great!, 9 September 2002
Author: gundamgirl2386

Ok to be truthful if you have never seen this movie before you are probably going to guess the ending by 10 minutes in but don't let that stop you from seeing it! This movie is great no matter how many times you see it. There is something for everyone in this movie.. Humor, Romance, Action, Drama etc. Even if it is very predictable I don't think there has been a single time where this movie has been on cable and I haven't watched it. Just try it, you'll love it!

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-
I can't help but like this movie, 30 October 2002

Author: Golden_Emu from Ontario, Canada

This actually was a pretty good farce really. I do agree that it was pretty cheezy full of stock characters and B-Movie acting, but c'mon! It was a send up of how the media blows everything up to something massive and how it sends everyone farther, feeding the media's fire in the process. What made this apt to me was that after seeing this movie, I watched O.J. take that mid-day drive down the highway with the LAPD right behind him. The movie got at least the media part right.

Also, it's fun to watch Henry Rollins play a cop (of all things) and Anthony Kiedis and Flea from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers as redneck hero wannabes. So long as you don't take this movie too seriously, it's pretty funny.

Also, watch right up to after the credits - Charlie's nod to his dad's role in "Apocalypse Now" is just hilarious.

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14 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
Don't take it too seriously, 15 April 2003

Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

You can really enjoy 'The Chase' as a simple movie if you don't take everything too seriously. Or may be not serious at all. There are some nice scenes, Charlie Sheen has a funny thing in this movie and Kristy Swanson is a beautiful lady. Just enjoy a simple movie like this.

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16 out of 25 people found the following comment useful :-
A film to watch more and more, always exciting, always something new!, 10 June 2004

Author: sjl004 from Fleet, Hampshire, England

Enjoyable acting and the subplots are hilarious and impressive. A must!

This film is about an escaped con, Jackson Davis Hammond who was wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit. He is on the run to avoid the ruling to put him in jail, which he was sentenced the day before.

Jack has just stolen a car and is at a gas station when 2 cops enter and hear of a car that's stolen and Jack panics, kidnapping the daughter of one of the richest men in America using "unprofessional" means. He takes her hostage and drives off in her shiny new BMW. At the same time as the hijacking, a film maker and cameraman are in the back of a squad car for the making of the cop show documentary "The Fuzz". When the two cops in the front hear over the radio the announcement of a kidnapping, they go in pursuit and quickly chase behind them. The cop driver is a bit arrogant and wants to impress the audience of the show being recorded. The other cop is a large fellow who seems wiser but wimpy, he always corrects his partners statistics such as when they tell the film maker how long they've worked together. It made great viewing to see their character development. Humorous clips from this film include the POLICE car hitting American football players as the chase goes across a park and the other cop saying, "would ya watch!", the vomit scene when the girl kidnapped is CARSICK, the spillage of frozen corpses from a medical truck, the running commentary from the skycopter, plus a few other surprises! Cameo appearances from Anthony and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers are welcomed and the finale is classy (but judge for yourselves). I've seen this film over 150 times easily and it is so amazing I recommend you all watch a film at least twice to understand other areas to further the films enjoyment. The rest I shall leave for the film to explain. Its been under rated but I've seen 2800 films and a film that keeps you in (mild) suspense, makes you laugh on many occasions and gives you some decent action plus lots of fun cannot match this awesome film, enjoy.

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Good movie, 3 March 2008

Author: Bozo

I don't know why this movie is so underrated. I never hear anything about it, as if it's a bad secret that no one wants to get out. I don't see why. This movie was fun to watch. I know, its kind of simple and not very "edgy" or anything like that, but who cares really. It's still good. Charlie Sheen gave a great performance as Jackson Hammond, an escaped convict who is the cause of the chase. Kirsty Swanson was also very well cast as the spoiled, kidnapped, rich daughter; Natalie Voss. Henry Rollins was also very well cast as the cocky Officer Dobbs, and Josh Mostel was good as Dobbs' partner, Officer Figus. Marshall Bell was actually not the type of person to play Ari Josephson, Hammond's lawyer. But he managed to pull it off well I see. Everyone else was well cast for the most part, no flawed performances to speak of. The story was kind of shallow but still enjoyable. There were twists and turns here and there but it all worked out. The soundtrack was GREAT. The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, and Bad Religion are some of my favorite bands and I was surprised that their songs were played in this movie. I rate this an 8/10, see this movie, it is somehow very good.

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Big, dumb and thoroughly enjoyable, 3 June 2000
Author: millennia-2 from In shame (2005 update)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Hollywood made a film adaption of the bestselling Nintendo 64 games 'San Francisco Rush'? Probably not, but here it is. Much like Sheen's other 1994 movie, 'Terminal Velocity', 'The Chase' is a entertaining action film looking for a brain, which it can't seem to find. It's good, lighthearted fluff with likeable leads, some good scenes, and an excellent film-long chase (thus the title).

It's careful not to get too complex, and will likely appeal to those of us who enjoyed 'Speed'. On problem I had was the premature ending. It happened way too early and left several crucial plot points unfinished. Also the script comes and goes, one scene it's there, the next it's gone. That gets tremendously annoying, and the lack of good dialog at times hampers the impact.

Still, 'The Chase' is an entertaining piece of cinema if you have an afternoon to pass with nothing to do, even if it is rather predictable.

7/10

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
Probably one of Sheen's best!!, 12 October 2000
Author: Andy Spring (stigmata@gmx.ch) from CH

I loved it. You see Charlie Sheen in a role, where he can show his best acting talent! That's being a Psycho and being a charming innocent guy at the same time. He just tries to get out of this shiny-good justice of America by escaping from California to Mexico. There are a lot of very funny scenes, and the whole movie never begins to be boring!

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Getting there is half the fun..., 5 December 2005

Author: Jason Reckner

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

"The Chase" opens with a (framed) escaped convict taking a woman (who turns up to be a heiress to a vast fortune) hostage at a fuel station in order to escape the police who suddenly found him. Our anti-hero hijacks the girl's BMW and takes off. Before they know it, the police, and the media are tight on their trail as they flee for Mexico. "The Chase" is a movie that can be very hard to take seriously, and it's best that you don't, even though the movie shows a romantic subplot with our anti-hero and hostage experiencing "Stolkholm Syndrome". This is honestly, a very silly movie. But that makes it all the better. There are quite a few very funny events that happen during the car chase, such as a truck carrying a load of corpses wiping out, spilling it's cargo all over the road (and on pursuing police cars), and two redneck "vigilantes" (hilariously played by Anthony Kiedis and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) driving a monster truck trying to "do their duty as Americans." The manic media coverage was one of the best parts. We are treated to headlines like "Kidnapped at 100 miles-per-hour" and "Terror on the Highway", as well as "Extreme News" reporters trying to shoot an interview with our anti-hero during the car chase. This movie could actually be read as a satire of media coverage in that regard, and seems highly accurate with the media's nature regarding major events. Also entertaining to watch is two policemen pursuing our anti-heroes with a camera-crew filming a "Cops" style TV program, with one of the cops really hamming it up for the camera. The ending is a little uneven (and totally unreal), but concludes the very satisfying and funny ride that is this film.

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This movie doesn't get old, 27 January 2009

Author: addvictim29 from United States

I'm giving it 8 stars for reasons other than Kristy Swanson. Yes, obviously this movie isn't a masterpiece nor was it made to be. It was made to be a fun action movie that wouldn't disappoint. I watch this movie ALL the time and it never gets old (premium channels seem to LOVE it). The plot is so simple that it leaves so much room for climax and twists...if that makes any sense. I mean, how could you go wrong with Ron Jeremy filming news coverage of Charlie Sheen being chased down by Henry Rollins and the Red Hot Chili Peppers while falling in love with Buffy the Vampire Slayer at 120 mph?! You can't. This one's a classic in my book (which also includes Weekend at Bernie's, Home Alone, and Bandits).

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