Longshot

So we're sitting around at work watching one of our favorite bad sports movies THE BREAK, when C.G. exclaims "They should make a foosball movie!" I think for a minute and go "Jesus. They did. And Leif Garrett was in it. I saw it on cable in the 80's. It was called LONG SHOT and it had this really bad song that went 'I'm lookin' for a long shot to come through...'". So we hit the IMDB to make sure I was right, then we head over to eBay and get a copy (the Thorn EMI original although there is a retitled version at Amazon called LONGSHOT KIDS). A week and a half later, it comes and we watch it. And it's as bad as we figured (and as I remembered). So it's a keeper. It's a foosball spectacular comedy drama about kids who try to make $50,000 playing in a Lake Tahoe foosball national championship. There's laughs, and loves, and non-stop foosball action. It's boring, badly acted, and almost unwatchable. Yet we love it. There's no hope for us. We can't defend ourselves or this trash. We just urge you to watch it.

And Leif Garrett's in it. The foosball champion of the world. Lookin' for a long shot to come through....

Leif Garrett was excellent as Paul Rogers. Linda Manz and Ralph Seymour were over the top but the film is great fun. I liked it more than "Skateboard".

Yes, the overall movie and plot does kind of stink; however, I have always loved Leif Garrett and have to admit that he isn't that bad of an actor. The funny thing about this movie is that it affirms the fact that Lake Tahoe has really changed much since the 80s, aside from paid parking. Pure nostalgia if you are into those kind of things.

I didn't have high hopes at the beginning. To be honest I'm not sure why I kept watching. I mean, a movie about foosball, and very "70s"? It wound up being decent. I kinda liked it.