Gotcha! (1985)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Kanew

Writers:

Paul G. Hensler (story) and
Dan Gordon (story) ...

Release Date:

3 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Meet Jonathan. A college student who loves girls, games & gunplay. This year, on vacation in Paris, he's going to find out about all three. For real!

Plot:

Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns...

Plot Keywords:

Game | Spy | Gotcha | Strudel | Role Playing Game

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Jonathan
Linda Fiorentino	...	Sasha
Jsu Garcia	...	Manolo (as Nick Corri)
Alex Rocco	...	Al
Marla Adams	...	Maria
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Vlad (as Klaus Loewitsch)
Christopher Rydell	...	Bob Jensen
Christie Claridge	...	Girl Student
Brad Cowgill	...	Reilly
Kari Lizer	...	Muffy
David Wohl	...	Professor
Irene Olga López	...	Rosario
Bernard Spiegel	...	Taxi Driver
Muriel Dubrule	...	Paris Blonde
Tiina Maria	...	Heidi

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before the title of the movie, Jonathan is talking to a girl student holding a can of Diet Pepsi. In-between shots, the can changes position, so the name is still visible, even though she's not doing anything else but holding it.

Quotes:

Jonathan: I don't know Manolo, I think it's hopeless. I'm never going to get laid!
Professor: Although that thought may be of great comfort to the women of the world Mr. Moore, as a future veterinarian, you should know that every dog eventually has his day.
[students laugh]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Chuck: Chuck Versus the Seduction (#2.2)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Say It Ain't True

Teenage adolescent college fantasy James Bond film.

In college Jonathan plays Gotcha with a paintball gun, but when his trip to Europe takes a turn with the KGB, he swaps he toy gun for the real thing. This is my No.1 favourite film of all time. I acknowledge that the film has its problems in the script department and also the many plausablities that make you go "Dah?". BUUUUT this film has such a rapid line of gags and dialogue that it can take you back to films such as "The big sleep".

The one liners come thick and fast, as does the action in which our Yankee hero Anthony Edwards teams up with Russian spy Linda Fiorento to run away from (the then popular enemy) the KGB. Anthony Edwards:"Wirgins? you mean virgins! No I'm not a virgin!" Linda Fiorento:"I like wirgins" Anthony:"Yes I'm a Wirgin"