Trivia Robert Downey Jr. Goofs Video Only: At the beginning of the shot looking at the fallen body, a crewmember's hand can be seen reaching out from just under the platform to make the rope swing. Quotes Ronnie : Can you believe this place?
Alternate versions On the home video version, the song "Breakin' the Rules" is performed by Jonathan Elias, instead of Lene Lovich, whose version is played in the theatrical release.
Connections Referenced in To the Devil a Dog Music and Music Design Publishing. User reviews 51 Review. Top review. Uneven, but mostly watchable. Anyone interested in seeing what kind of films James Spader started his career with should begin with Tuff Turf. The New Kids would show a darker side of Spader, but that film also covers the same territory.
The story deals with a spoiled brat troublemaker Spader whose family is forced to move to a seedy area of L. Back where he comes from, you can tell Spader was the toughest and coolest kid in school, but the tougher kids from his new school quickly have him on the run.
After breaking up an attempted mugging by the school's toughest gang, Spader gets his butt kicked and his property destroyed numerous times.
To make things worse of course, Spader falls in love with the gang leader's girlfriend Richards , and she has feelings for him, too. Needless to say, you don't mess around with a gang leader's woman! Even if you are James Spader. The opening scene where Spader stops the mugging is exceptional. It's well-paced,well- filmed, and the action blocked perfectly. Every step the gang members take across the street as they pull out their weapons is well-choreographed. The film shifts gears somewhat as we see Spader adjust to his new school the following day.
We are introduced to Robert Downey Jr. His character is a bit of an enigma, to be certain. He quickly befriends Spader, yet he seems to know the gang well enough to borrow the gang leader's Camaro and things like that. He also plays drums for a pretty cool punk band we are introduced to a while later. The tone of the film is wildly inconsistent.
The second half hour is bewilderingly bad. Spader, Downey, Richards, and another chick take the gang leader's car for a joyride to some posh locations where presumably Spader feels more at home.
The group invades a country club in an excruciatingly bad scene which culminates with Spader playing the piano for his new love interest while she sits atop the instrument and looks embarrassed. Spader's singing performance sounds a lot like the first out-take of a James Blunt recording session before he's warmed up. In other words, it sucks. Things get worse as the group moves to a trendy dance club and Richards does some kind of dirty dance while the entire venue stops to check her out.
Simply put, the scene is horrible. The acting is good enough. Spader and Downey just pretty much be themselves. Richards is certainly worth risking your life over. She's pretty, and she's cool enough to have Motley Crue pictures all over her bedroom walls!
Paul Mones, who plays the gang leader is charismatic, but ultimately kind of wimpy. He really isn't too intimidating without his homies, and none of them look that tough, excuse me TUFF either. Some of the music is a great example of the early 80s punk scene in L.
That Jack Mack and the Heart Attack band from the club is pretty lame, to say the least! No wonder some guy bombed the Olympics while they were playing a show! The Verdict: 5 of 10 stars. Basically for James Spader fans, only. The Hound. Details Edit. Release date January 11, United States. United States. When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed In the s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his After Bobby and his best friend Kevin are kidnapped and taken to a strange house Tuff Turf TMDb Score.
R 1 hr 52 min Jan 11th, Action , Drama , Romance. The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie. Director Fritz Kiersch. Kim Richards. Paul Mones. Matt Clark. Original Language: English. Movie Tags: gangster dance gang. Featured News. Movies Like Tuff Turf.
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