National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)

Released in 1994, "National Lampoon's Last Resort" stars Corey Feldman & Corey Haim as two young dudes who are magically transported to a Caribbean island after being fired from a fast food outlet and getting evicted. Their mission is to help save the island as they meet various beach beauties. The band Dread Zeppelin perform the theme song during the end credits.The movie has a crazy vibe, nice beach locations, several beautiful women and the cast looks like they had a fun time, as if they knew it was low-budget trash but chose to have a good time anyway. Unfortunately, the plot is nigh nonexistent and much of the dialogue gibberish, like the screenwriters (term used loosely) had a pot-smoking party during the creation process. I know they were shooting for something in the ballpark of 1985's well-done "Private Resort," but that movie had a discernible plot - however irrelevant - and coherent dialogue. While it bears the "National Lampoon" moniker, it's not worthy of it; not even close. Still, if you're in the mood for a zany island comedy, give it a try, just don't expect anything good. It's mindless, but fun beach-oriented amusement (and I mean "mindless" literally).The movie runs 90 minutes and was shot on the Cayman Islands and La Habra Heights, California.GRADE: Borderline C-/D+

Sam (Corey Feldman) and computer geek Dave (Corey Haim) get fired from a greasy fast food restaurant and evicted from their apartment. Sam's uncle Rex Carver (Geoffrey Lewis) is in danger of losing his island resort to the bank which is owned by his old acting rival Hemlock. He invites the guys to work as scuba instructors. They are magically transported to the wacky island and met by cheerful employee Sonja (Maureen Flannigan). Alex (Demetra Hampton) is the femme fatale.The director has filled this with wacky ideas and visuals. However, it comes off as bad cheese and never as fun camp. I root for people who try to do something original but this gets really annoying. The Coreys are at it again. Feldman is not as funny as he thinks he is. He's good as the snarky sidekick but he's not actually a comedian. Haim was a good actor but he's overplaying the computer geek. The whole movie reeks of a wacky school project. This is bad but not so bad that it's funny. This is much more sad than anything else.

Its hard for a viewer of National Lampoon's Last Resort to take this seriously when the movie doesn't even take itself serious. Though a stupid funny movie like Bio-Dome some flaws need to be stated and cant be ignored, but we'll get to them when the times right. The thing that saddens me is that this had potential to be the best Corey Haim and Corey Feldman film. It would take an amazing Comedy to beat License to Drive, but this has the plot, the characters, and the setting to be funny, smart, and have fun with itself. Though the approach this film takes is a mediocre, desperate attempt to be funny. Though parts of the film are chuckles, but forgotten chuckles.Corey Haim and Corey Feldman acted in eight movies with Corey Feldman; Busted, License to Drive, The Lost Boys, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe (doesn't count to me since he had a small shot in the credits, National Lampoon's Last Resort, Dream a Little Dream, Dream a Little Dream 2, and Blown Away. I own every film by them except for Blown Away but have only watched four of them which are all reviewed (except for The Lost Boys). Most of their movies were just mediocre, but they did do good movies together. This is not as great as License to Drive, but not as shameful as Busted.The duo play Sam and Dave who are two slackers recently fired from their dead end fast food jobs who are put to the test to and magically transported to take over Sam's Uncle Rex's Treasure Island resort. The island is facing closure and being taken over by a man named Hemlock. Sam, Dave, and an island slave, scuba instructor Sonja must find a way to put Rex in control of the island and take down Hemlock. The plot is nothing unique, and it seems exaggerated.I didn't read the plot to start out with but I was hoping for something with more spice. If you think about it, this could be a funny movie. If it had better jokes and maybe taken itself seriously it would have been perfect. Though its almost impossible to beat a Haim/Feldman film like License to Drive. That movie had the guys, the girl, and the interesting plot. There wasn't a sign of boring in a single spot in the entire film. It was a flawless teen movie. Though I've been told Lucas beats it by a long shot which I should watch and review soon.So this is one you may want to check out, but I would only get it for very cheap. Do not spend more than about $5.00 on this. Its not worth it. Even though its not meant to be taken seriously, some flaws of the film need to be taken into consideration. Its aggravating the film doesn't take itself serious. How they fall from one scene to the next is pointless and just a sign of laziness on the screenwriter's part not thinking of a logical way to get them to the desired setting. Instead they took the lazy way out and just did the most illogically, impossible way out. Its also annoying the film needs cardboard palm trees as well. May I ask why? But overall, see it if you're a fan, skip it if you like true Comedy.Starring: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Maureen Flannigan, Geoffrey Lewis, and Demetra Hampton. Directed by: Rafal Zielinski.

THe first guy i saw reviewing this movie totally doesn't get the movie and what they are trying to do here. The movie is a kind of slapstick that I've never seen. its really hard to explain you basically just HAVE to see it. The movie is great, its funny and strange in a way few movies pull off. The The guys are awesome and the beginning is AMAZING. i love there clothes as well as all the sets. cant say enough. the story gets a little slow but all the gags and jokes are great. You do have to have a sense of humor to watch it though and no film snob is gonna like it either. I really wish these guys would make more movies a Last resort TWO would be great