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Summer School was a fantastically bad movie with horrible acting but great names to top the cast. Courtney Thorne-Smith is definitely a hot cast for the movie but her acting is a month old loaf of bread. Kirstie Alley was in her glory days and shows she had charm and beauty but her character was short in viewing time. Dean Cameron’s character “Chainsaw” was so over the top. It was an odd hybrid of a nerd and a showman. The best part of the movie is the fact that the guy who takes a piss for 2 months and scores higher than everyone else in the movie.

The plot: While in Colombia on business, American engineer Harry Burck (Mark Harmon) is kidnapped. When word of his abduction reaches his company back in Indiana, Harry's brother (Michael Schoeffling) and his friends Bob (Thomas F. Wilson), Spence (Glenn Frey) and Kurt (Rick Rossovich) decide to embark on a mission to extract Harry from his predicament and get him home safe. There are only two problems: they don't have the money to get there, and they don't have any experience in search and rescue missions. The funding comes from Jack (Gary Busey), a local used car salesman who gives them the money as long as they promise to let him tag along, and they hire mercenary Norman Shrike (Robert Duvall) to provide the requisite know-how on to hunt down Harry and get him back home. Is it so bad that it's good, or is it so much of an '80s ensemble action flick that it's awesome? You be the judge. But I humbly submit it for your approval. TRAILER: