Stars in Rewind: The Turf is Tuff for James Spader and Robert Downey Jr.
These days, James Spader makes a lot of big speeches, smokes cigars, and often has sleepovers with William Shatner, while Robert Downey Jr. is a hero whose suit is armor rather than spandex. Oh, but the good old days... Even before Spader was the ultra-jerk Steff in Pretty in Pink, and Downey Jr. got mixed up in some Weird Science, the pair fought on some Tuff Turf.
I've never seen the film, but I am absolutely in love with the trailer above. It's just perfect -- the ridiculous outfits, silly scenes, and terribly tacky voiceover. In fact, I don't know if the film could even live up to the brilliant crappiness of this trailer. The flick follows Morgan (Spader), a guy who moves to Connecticut for his senior year and falls for the girlfriend of a local gang leader. "They can't shut him down, and they can't cool him off." Ah, he was such a stud.
Enjoy the clip, and if you've seen the movie, please tell me what you think of it below!
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(Page 1)2. Oddly enough, I just watched this movie over the weekend and it is just as silly as the trailer portrays. The film itself tries to be serious but it's just hard to take anyone seriously when they're wearing a sweatshirt dress with the shoulders cut out. :) Add to that, that Spader's character spends almost the entire film getting beat up and you've got a recipe for one thing: Bad 80's Flick. (And for whatever i's worth, Morgan's family actually moves from Connecticut to Los Angeles.) If you're a Spader fan, though, I'd say it's definitely worth seeing. He is awfully cute in it.
Posted at 11:33AM on Jan 29th 2008 by Zee
1. I was a kid in high school and remembered that girl who played the girlfriend from "Escape from Witch Mountain" , so I enjoyed it back then, but i'm sure it hasn't stood the test of time. Nice review, but as I remember, Robert Downey Jr. played a friend not enemy to James Spader's character. It was around this time that Downey Jr. played similiar sidekick rolls in crappy 80's movies see " Back to School " with Rodney Dangerfield.
Posted at 11:08PM on Jan 28th 2008 by loki-san