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Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha who says she is only interested in him because he is a virgin. She takes him with her to East Germany where they are separated and he has to escape back to the west on his own, all the while being trailed by East German spies. He arrives home only to find the game is still going on, and a canister of film is in his backpack. Then Sasha re-appears. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Jonathan started out trying to score. And ended up being the target.
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Trivia
The movie's MacGuffin was a cannister of film. It is never actually revealed in the film's story what the roll of film has on it which is of such importance.
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Goofs
Upon returning to West Berlin, Jonathan appears to walk directly past the customs house and does not offer his passport. Re-entry to West Berlin required passport control.
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Quotes
Sasha:
Then, um, that is second lie, Jonathan. Do not let there be a third.
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Connections
Referenced in
Anmäld försvunnen (1986)
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Soundtracks
Relax
Written by
Peter Gill,
Holly Johnson and
Mark O'Toole
Performed by
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Produced by
Trevor Horn
Courtesy of ZTT/Island Records, Inc.
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Gotcha is a perfect example of the old expression "you can't judge a book by it's cover". In this case, you can't judge a film by the art on the video box. If you can manage to ignore the misleading 80's teen sex romp box art long enough to give Gotcha a chance, what you'll find is a fast paced, surprisingly suspense filled, action-comedy starring everybody's favorite ER doc Anthony Edwards (who knew he ever had this much hair?) as a college loser hoping to find himself as he embarks for a few weeks in Europe. What he finds is espionage, assassins and a beautiful stranger with a secret.