Gotcha! (1985)
8/10
An Honest Review
2 April 2017
When I first saw this I couldn't wait to get into college and play paintball...and when, over a decade later, I actually did go off to college I played paintball once and then switched to Disc Golf and Ultimate Frisbee.

It still looks like it is a hell of a lot of fun, but the bottom line is that you would be arrested and tried on charges of terrorism and assault with a deadly weapon if you went around campus playing paintball...especially with guns that looked like those.

So instead people got stuck playing other college games on campus...

And watching Gotcha!, because it is fun.

That's really where it's at, it's one of those movies that are "What if the typical American Male gets thrust into a James Bond role." And, like If Looks Could Kill, it works. The difference is Gotcha! is a little more muted and a lot more down to earth.

What if an American college kid gets thrown into the French Connection...more like that than James Bond.

And...for a Cheery...it's when Anthony Edwards had hair which was well before he became a Doctor. So double trouble.
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