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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Knot Bad!, 17 Feb 2006
Hmmm. Obviously, the gods of fate thought that it was not much of a challenge for James Spader to play a bright rebel from New England. So, said gods sent him the role of a singing, dancing, bicycling, bright rebel from New England.Well, sort of singing. The "be bop a lula" bit sounds like his voice. The actual song sounds like someone else sang it, although the credits don't clarify matters. I don't believe for a second that it was really him playing the piano! He is better at dancing and cycling. So, it's clear why Spader's fans like it. What about everyone else? A search of the internet revealed 2 other things that fans raved about. One is Kim Richards, and in particular the fact she has really long hair in the film. Yes, on one level, that is superficial, but people are entitled to their personal preferences! The other is the sound track. One of the songs, "People That Died", was still making its mark two decades after "Tuff Turf" was released! Is the film as a whole any good? There are three opinions.
(1) This film is so bad, it's good. Even the title is misspelt.
(2) The juxtaposition of cheesy humour, romance and ultra-violence just does not work.
(3) This is a very underrated film. The Tuff gang maybe misspelt their name on purpose. I cannot decide which opinion is the most valid. So, here is what Calico Cat and I liked and disliked. You will have to watch it for yourself to decide whether it is good, indifferent or hilariously bad. We disliked the part where Morgan (Spader) shoots the flies. This makes him seem nastier than he does during the rest of the film. We thought Frankie (Kim Richards) is quite a good heroine, perhaps a little vulnerable, but not a doormat. We thought the love scene between her and Morgan is sweet. We cheered when she fought back against Nick (Paul Mones). We liked the soundtrack, although a couple of the songs are in really bad taste. “People That Died” is used, very effectively, to unsettle the viewer at a critical moment. Some of the film is very funny. My favourite line is: "Of course size matters! This is the 80s!" We have a tiny quibble with the make-up department. Perhaps too caught up in the spirit of the 80s, they accidentally made Morgan appear to be wearing eyeliner during the fight scene! This did rather distract us during what was otherwise a very tense and exciting part of the film. My favourite props are (a) the fake saxophone and (b) the real saxophone that Morgan pretends to play at the end.
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