knight_armour

I remembered this movie having watched it many years ago. My second viewing, some 18 years later, was almost as good. We have to bear in mind that the movie might look a little dated by today's standards. This is the story of small-town Emily Briggs and how she moves to California and gullibly exposes herself to danger from the smooth-talking, basketball-playing guy across the street (i.e. Jason Barnes played by Scott Valentine). He's not a very convincing rapist even though the scene was 'tastefully' done by today's standards. Most of the movie deals with how Briggs has to struggle to get others to believe her and even more so getting Barnes into court. At around 90 minutes, the movie is easy to watch and has some good lessons, especially for trusting young women.

The story is about a messed up teenager (don't really know *why* he's so messed up, though) who can't get out from behind a wheel. This gets him constantly into trouble. Eventually with the Yakuza, no less. Trouble tends to start with a girl. Just about every punk kid in this film is young, dumb and full of cum. If they catch you so much as talking to their girl, that means she's probably sleeping with you so you gotta die. That's basically the impression I got watching this nonsense. The characters (wait... who else but the messed up kid was acting?) are not well-developed and the plot, I think, has many holes. I would not recommend this film. Waste your time on something else.

The start of this movie makes it look like yet another attempt at a teen comedy. Hot chicks get naked, punk kids go bananas about them, and we all have some laughs. This one is slightly different, though. It starts off kind of like that but then develops into a story about friendship. In fact, it pulls it off so well, you actually forget that Z-Bob (Kal Penn), is actually Indian and does not quite fit in the group (at least not for another generation or so). Sure there's the token black guy and the token fat guy but they manage to carry their weight somehow. The bachelor himself, unfortunately, is a kind of a forgettable character. Even their geek buddy manages to outshine him. It's worth watching if you can't find anything better to do.