Rented this back when it first came out on tape (reading down the "star" roster and finding the likes of Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Demi Moore, I figured "how could I lose?"). I lost, all right.....my optimism, my money, my cookies, etc. Shoulda known something was amiss when I saw Dan's brother Pete listed with a screenwriting credit (nepotism sinks more things more often); it starts off harmlessly enough, but then goes haywire (like it couldn't figure out if it wanted to be a black comedy, science fiction, action-drama, or some half-stirred confection of some or all of the aforementioned). Based on a real-life incident suffered by Aykroyd back in '78 (getting stopped for speeding in a weird backwater 'burg), it took 13 years (!) to flesh it out and burn it onto film. Bad sets, bad lighting, bad pacing, and edifyingly-bad performances from EVERYONE involved (even the normally-nominal Brian Doyle-Murray stank). In retrospect, the saddest part of this diarrehic toilet-stainer is that it signalled the end of Chevy Chase's career. Depressing, unfunny, and embarrassing; if Hades exists, then this is running 24/7 on every available surface.

I'd be tempted to call it an unqualified travesty except that by doing so some innocent souls might feel motivated to see it!