Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Two of a Kind - 1983 ****


Why are people slating this film? I thought it was great! And seeing Olivia and John on the screen together again was excellent! The story isn't rocket science but it's pretty amusing and I was sorry to see it end. Travolta is broke, and if he doesn't pay off some thugs by the end of the day he's going to have his ears cut off. So he hatches a plan of robbing a bank, unaware however that Newton-John is a cashier there who, impressed by his 'dangerous side' tries to chat him up while he points his gun at her. After being arrested he finds out that she actually took the bag of cash for herself and left him with lots of torn up paper and so he sets out to find her etc... I must add that there are also four angels watching everything in heaven, trying to persuade god that if the two characters can reform and stop being selfish then it will prove that all mankind is capable of a good deed.
This movie flopped when it was realised and some have said it was even worse than Xanadu, but I can hardly believe that. I found it funny and light-hearted.

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