ROTTEN TOMATOES: Total Recall: Your Tax Dollars At Work

Total Recall: Your Tax Dollars At Work

by RT Staff

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Federal Bureau of Investigation: Point Break

"You're saying the FBI's gonna pay me to learn how to surf?" wonders Special Agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves). In Point Break, alacrity with a surfboard is essential if Utah is to infiltrate the Ex-Presidents, a masked posse of surf enthusiasts/bank robbers lead by philosophical thrill junkie Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Utah took an unconventional path to the bureau (he was a star quarterback at Ohio State before an injury redirected him to law enforcement), so it's not altogether surprising that his undercover work isn't exactly by-the-book; in addition to his pursuit of justice, Utah is also on the trail of 100 percent pure adrenaline. He's also got a romance going with a surfer chick (Lori Petty) and a bromance with Bodhi, both of which might compromise his mission. Not unreasonably, one of superiors is concerned with the effect such wild times may wreak on the eff-bee-eye budget; in one tense moment, he stridently asks the unorthodox agent, "Do you think that taxpayers would like it, Utah, if they knew that they were paying a federal agent to surf and pick up girls?"

Warning: NSFW -- language.

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Environmental Protection Agency: Ghostbusters

"Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back," muses Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in Ghostbusters. Despite an outbreak of spectral activity in New York City, the Ghostbusters are not immune to the long arm of the law - in this case, the EPA. Seems our heroes are storing the captured spirits in an unregulated on-site containment unit, one that a particularly overzealous official named Walter Peck would like to examine. Unfortunately, when Venkman treats Peck with customary disdain, he comes back with a court order to shut down the containment unit -- thereby unleashing a Pandora's Box of ghouls upon the city.

Warning: NSFW -- language.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 14 2009 05:33 PM

Screenwriter for Top Gun, Jim Cash, lived near by where I did. . . so everyone in my town was supposed to love Top Gun. I fell asleep while watching it, my friend hated it, my friend's mom LOVED it and just kept saying Tom Cruise in some far away whisper. . . Anyway, Top Gun got a 10 from the papers, and I always thought it was universally loved (Did make a lot of money). Now, thanks to RT I can see that I wasn't a freak in the minority, but a freak in the majority!

Bueno!

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Apr 14 2009 05:36 PM

Ah, good ol' Monty Python.

But in "Top Gun", all I learned is that Maverick Mitchell is a punk. A loser pilot. And a punk. (Worth mentioning twice.)

I never thought "In the Line of Fire" and "Top Gun" would be mentioned together in a article, but here we are.

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clint g. writes:
on Apr 14 2009 08:13 PM

i am shocked that Top gun is rotten

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bamb0o-stick writes:
on Apr 14 2009 09:32 PM

Keanu Reeves used to be such a badass in those cop/FBI movies he did. Now he doesn't even pass as a cop anymore (ie Street Kings) to me. What the hell happened?

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 14 2009 09:44 PM

As far as Top Gun being rotten goes, I am quite happy, but delighted.

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Angelica P. writes:
on Apr 14 2009 10:13 PM

Aren't there too many Keanu movies in the list?

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Tim Ryan writes:
on Apr 14 2009 10:51 PM

A fair point, Angelica. But let it not be said that the man doesn't work overtime for the American people.

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jocorotten writes:
on Apr 14 2009 10:57 PM

In reply to this comment (#2425893)
Angelica P, there is no such thing as too much Keanu.

"You crossed the line. People trusted you and they died. You gotta' go down." Johnny Utah, Point Break.

That is some fine cinema right there.

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neryan writes:
on Apr 15 2009 08:33 AM

I LOVE this list! But, as a public school teacher, Rock 'N' Roll High school terrifies me!
Keep up the good work!

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neryan writes:
on Apr 15 2009 08:34 AM

I LOVE this list! But, as a public school teacher, Rock 'N' Roll High school terrifies me!
Keep up the good work!

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HyperionChild writes:
on Apr 15 2009 10:04 AM

Ah yes, I love the Hollywood versions of "Your Tax Dollars At Work".
So entertaining; and so different from reality.
Excuse me while I look for the nearest tea party..... :)

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Apr 15 2009 09:26 PM

I'll be at that tea party! Stay away from my money OBAMA! You know how to spend it as well as I do, which isn't a good thing!

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whitey_mcwhite writes:
on Apr 16 2009 10:23 AM

I wasn't a big fan of Top Gun either. Too homoerotic for me. I'd rather watch a movie about gay people not hiding who they are.

I've never seen Point Break, and probably never will, I can't stand Patrick Swayze. The best movie he did was Donnie Darko where he plays the motivational speaker he gets his house burned down and gets caught with kiddie porn and thrown in jail. I like seeing Swayze in anguish!

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gm1200 writes:
on Apr 16 2009 04:20 PM

Keanu is in so many of these movies because he plays the perfect government employee...completely without talent or the ability to survive in the real world.

Perfect!

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