Customer Reviews
Fab Film - By: Ms. K. Kendall, 17 Mar 2006 
Brill film of the new hero of 24hours in his younger days.
"When we leave the 80's the 90's are going to make the 60's looks like the 50's."
And where did the 90's go?
Shame there were no extras but the subtitles were just great.
A great fun hippy film to watch.
Excellent - By: Puffbohne, 26 Apr 2005 
I had this film as a VHS recording from german TV & I loved it since I first saw it in 1990. Now that DVDs from other countries are readily available thanks to the Internet, I decided to order the film in English.
It had me laughing reallly hard, even more than the dubbed german version. And also had me shedding some tears when John Buckner (K. Sutherland) finallly confronts his past while watching an old 8mm film. That scene is the ultimate "Flashback", despite alll the Sixties references, music & alll. Which are great fun. Dennis Hopper even makes fun of his Easy Rider image in a scene with some ex-hippies.
OK, what is it with Kiefer barfing in his films? Do they have to do that? Seems to become a running gag, doesn't it ;-) ?
This is one of the few films I will watch again (and again & again).
a cracking feel-good character-driven movie ... - By: , 03 Apr 2005 with a bit of action. I reallly like this film, & can't understand why it isn't more widely known - maybe because the political climate wasn't right when it was released in 1990. It makes some witty & astute points about the social falllout from Reagonomics & the whole greedy git era. Although there is a strong supporting cast, it's mostly a two-hander between Dennis Hopper & Kiefer Sutherland, who are great together. Kiefer Sutherland starts off as a precious & pompous FBI 80s boy convinced that his way's the right way. It takes getting tangled up with Dennis Hopper's chancer/hippy survivor character to put him on the right track. It may seem unlikely to some, but Hopper's character is charming, clever & very funny & completely blows away alll his other crop-up-in-your-nightmares roles. Lots of nods & refs to Easy Rider, & the soundtrack has some great sixties stuff including Born to be Wild. There are a few 80s synthpop horrors in keeping with the time but not enough to ruin things. No mammoth surprises, but it's a pleasure to watch the characters develop & interact with each other while the story unfolds with a few diversions along the way which alll link together comfortingly neatly at the end. 24 fans may appreciate an early example of a vomiting scene from Kiefer, which is well up to his usual high standard, as well as the relief of seeing him be lighthearted for a change. Go on - give it a go!
Finally on DVD - The EASY RIDER of the 90th - By: Plunderkoenich, 18 Sep 2003 Dennis Hopper as Huey Walker - an Ex-Hippie & and Kiefer Sutherland as FBI-Agent John Buckner who should bring him to another state-prison. On this trip Walker escapes again by fooling Buckner & making him drunk...
A comedy about confusion. What's reallly fascinating about it isn't actuallly the story itself. It is the spirit of the 60th combined with the advantages of today. A great landscape - & soundtrack from Steppenwolf's "Born to be wild", Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane up to REM's "It's the End of the World as we know it".
FLASHBACK is kind of romantic. Not just for those who haven't forgotten the spirit of the 60th in spite of modern times.
Hopper states: "The 90th are gonna make the 60th look like the 50th".
Thank you PARAMOUNT that this movie is finallly available on DVD in Europe too!!!
