A fast ride....
Added 6/5/2006
There are several car chases in this film, and they are
all great, considering it's a B movie!
The dialogue gets lame in between all the action. Count the # of times Corey says " Pop " in this film....could be a good drinking game?
Cory Haim brings alot of energy to this film, but he appears
to be high on coke! It's a manic, high strung performance.
He was made to be in B films, with his good looks and limited
range. The high points are a great bridge getaway, a revenge
plot with a crazy blonde, and a jail break.
The romance/sex scene with Corey and his blonde bombshell
is non-existant. Marcia Strassman of Welcome Back Kotter shows
up, and brings some stronger acting to the film, which the
other actors can't match.
All in all, a fun, mindless, popcorn B-movie, and a very
fast ride...
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Best Corey Haim movie ever!
Added 3/30/2004
Corey's last great movie before his long stint of forgettable B Films
Proves that he doesn't need Feldman as a sidekick to make a funny entertaining film
Of course this movie is probably only for fans, but as a Haim fan, this is my absolute favorite of his films!
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A good action-comedy of the 90's (without the big budget)
Added 8/12/2002
I saw this movie for the first time when it first came out on VHS in the 90's. I really liked it. It is a light action comedy. Corey Haim, was a star in late 80's. This is one of the better films with him. Cynthia och Leo makes the best of it. The fallow up, "Fast Getaway II" is not that good.
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Entertaining for the first film/Bad in the second film
Added 9/9/2001
Leo Rossi,Corey Haim are a father and Son bank robbing team helped by Cynthia Rothrock who pull off various daring but non violent bank robberies until one day ROSSI fall out with ROTHROCK over sharing a haul with his Son (HAIM)
In revenge ROTHROCK sets ROSSI up and he is arrested and HAIM ends up in Jail with his Dad until ROSSI`s EX Wife see`s a news story and recognises HAIM and claims him as a legal parent.
She trys to stear HAIM in a direction that will help him lead a normal crime free life,but his Dad has already brainwashed him into thinking that robberies are cool that is until he discovers that Loraine(ROSSI¬s EX WIFE) is in fact his mother.
All manor of things happen including HAIM being kidnapped by ROTHROCK because HAIM is the brains behind all there robberies and ROTHROCK wants him for herself.
ROSSI after being broken out of jail by HAIM embarks in getting his kid back with the help of Loraine.
An entertaining film but still on the far fetched childish sideFunniest part of the film is when Corey Haim dresses up as a woman to fool the guards and looks scarily convincing in his
make up and high heels!!!!
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The director should really thank Cynthia Rothrock's feet
Added 10/8/2000
This movie has a ridiculous script,Corey Haim was adored by platoons of teen girls at that time ,because he was handsome;but this is not sufficient.He doesn't act at all,(I saw this fikm dubbed in Italian)but I think that the result is the same.Leo Rossi,who is he?Or whom would he like to be?Gerard Depardieu ,maybe? Listen to me,if the movie is a bit more spicy,everone should thank Mrs. Rothrock skills in martial arts.Her kicks are the only thing worth seeing in his b-movie
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"RX-7 Club.com Approved", at least...
Added 4/10/2004
Not exactly the best movie of all time (or even a great one...it's actually quite cheezy... for one, there's no way Tuscon, AZ has streets that raceable...), but it has it's key points (Mainly the chases, but really.... Police keeping up with an FD? Not likely...)Anyway, if you have an unhealthy addiction to RX-7s or just wanna see a good chase scene or two, you should pick this movie up.... Otherwise it's a huge waste of time Oh.... and Cory Haim? THE RX-7 CLUB KNOWS ABOUT YOU!!!!1!
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watch the first one before buying this movie
Added 4/10/2003
its a years later follow up of the '91 corey haim movie "fast gettaway". fast gettaway being the story of a 16 year old mastermind and his father who have been a team in bank robberies as a way of life. when his dad is incarsorated he is placed under the care of his non criminal mother who just cant seem to understand the duo and cant help but worry about the future of her son. she is faced with a decision to make but is she prepared to make that choice..?fast gettaway 2 falls into quite a few years later. natural born bank robber nelson (haim) has quit the buis and is working for the bank as a test robber for security. when the fiesty lilly is suspected for robberys in the area nelson becomes a suspect himself due to past affiliations.
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A fallow-up we diden't need
Added 8/17/2002
"Fast Getaway" was a light action comedy, a good mix of action and comedy. But this fallow up isen't, all that was good in the first one is gone. With better script, bigger budget and better actors it have been a good fallow up. Don't waste your time with this one, but if you like "Double O'Kid" maybe you will think this is a good one.
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