Synopsis
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
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Cast
- Tom BerengerRock Reilly
- William McNamaraEddie Devane
- Erika EleniakToni Johnson
- Crispin GloverHoward Finster
- Matthew GlaveRory Blanes
- Grand L. BushVance Dooly
- Dean StockwellSalesman Stig
- Bitty SchramFlo, Waitress
- Gary BuseySergeant Vince Banger
- Seymour CasselMaster Chief Bogg
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Director Dennis Hopper has the anarchic spirit to make “Chasers” pay off, and writers Joe Batteer, John Rice and Dan Gilroy have provided him with a smart script, a deft mix of slapstick, sharp repartee and sentiment. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Dennis Hopper's knockabout direction makes CHASERS an engaging action farce; his intelligence and sensitivity make this modest military comedy more memorable than most. - 67
Austin Chronicle
It's just a good ol' bad ol' low-road road movie, a throwback to thirty years ago, a picture with hairy arms and a brew in one fist. Maybe that's why, as it ended, I could swear I heard Sam Peckinpah's ghost chuckling away. - 60
The New York Times
But Mr. Berenger, grousing steadily, and Mr. McNamara, in a boyish Ricky Nelson mode, are likably matched. Ms. Eleniak, who also made a playful and picturesque Elly May Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies," succeeds here in rising above the cheesecake level. - 60
Time Out
Dennis Hopper's film is a lightweight affair, but amiable enough. - 50
Baltimore Sun
Chasers"is a road picture with a few genuinely funny comic scenes and a number of good performances. [30 Apr 1994] - 50
Chicago Tribune
One of those comedic pieces that steps off smartly but about halfway through starts to stumble home as it disintegrates into farce and squishy sentimentality. [23 Apr 1994, p.19] - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Hopper peppers the cast with his usual assortment of fringe players (Dean Stockwell, Crispin Glover, Seymour Cassell), but his own cameo as a horny salesman is an embarrassment, and the dreadful script mistakes cuss words for wit every step of the way.
