This script is quirky, but logical, though the emotions are sort of detached here. It is definitely in the era of casual relationships. Goals are more than a little muddled here.
Jeff Bridges plays a young Mogul, Craig Blake who has inherited a fortune from his parents who were both killed in a tragic plane crash. He has a mansion with 50 year butler (Catman Scruthers) who does not understand the young mans goals. Eventually he decides to quit and take what is rightfully his from the mansion he has served for so long.
Bridges meanwhile is involved by his parents connections into a real estate scheme in which he must get a health club/spa closed so he can use the property in a different venture. This leads him to a club with a weight lifter Joe Santo (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first role), a talented woman karate instructor, Anita, and Mary Tate Farnsworth (Sally Field) who is Santos (Arnolds) girlfriend. In an unusual twist Santos does not seem to mind that she has a torrid fling with Blake.
The R-Rating back when this was made has plenty to do with Fields major and attractive show of skin including some bedroom scenes and a sequence on a stairway with Bridges where her young firm body is definitely a hot item. Fannie Flagg plays Amy, an older more mature and less luscious item. Joanna Cassidy is Zoe, another woman whose interested in the happenings. Ed Begley Jr. is Lester who is also interested in Mary Tate (Field).
While the main plot is straightforward, there are times in which the events and the characters become muddled and the real goals of the other folks in this sometimes seem to have been aimlessly thrown into the mix. Of course, I think that I have enough spoilers here though now that IMDb no longer answers to it's contributors via message boards, well I'd rather play it safe.
This movie has a unique set of credits in that there is always action in the back ground of them. Whether or not I am happy with the conclusion, well it is less clear. Arnold's accent is not real big in the first role as his dialogue in this one is very limited.
Jeff Bridges plays a young Mogul, Craig Blake who has inherited a fortune from his parents who were both killed in a tragic plane crash. He has a mansion with 50 year butler (Catman Scruthers) who does not understand the young mans goals. Eventually he decides to quit and take what is rightfully his from the mansion he has served for so long.
Bridges meanwhile is involved by his parents connections into a real estate scheme in which he must get a health club/spa closed so he can use the property in a different venture. This leads him to a club with a weight lifter Joe Santo (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first role), a talented woman karate instructor, Anita, and Mary Tate Farnsworth (Sally Field) who is Santos (Arnolds) girlfriend. In an unusual twist Santos does not seem to mind that she has a torrid fling with Blake.
The R-Rating back when this was made has plenty to do with Fields major and attractive show of skin including some bedroom scenes and a sequence on a stairway with Bridges where her young firm body is definitely a hot item. Fannie Flagg plays Amy, an older more mature and less luscious item. Joanna Cassidy is Zoe, another woman whose interested in the happenings. Ed Begley Jr. is Lester who is also interested in Mary Tate (Field).
While the main plot is straightforward, there are times in which the events and the characters become muddled and the real goals of the other folks in this sometimes seem to have been aimlessly thrown into the mix. Of course, I think that I have enough spoilers here though now that IMDb no longer answers to it's contributors via message boards, well I'd rather play it safe.
This movie has a unique set of credits in that there is always action in the back ground of them. Whether or not I am happy with the conclusion, well it is less clear. Arnold's accent is not real big in the first role as his dialogue in this one is very limited.