Club Paradise (1986)

Rick & Eugene & Robin’s hilarious (and chest-hairiest) island adventure!

Reggie Mork meets Jimmy Cliff!

Great cast, Robin Williams, Peter O' Toole, Twiggy, and Reggae Artist Jimmy Cliff. A Retired fireman (Robin) goes to live on an island in the Carribean. He invests in a hotel owned by a local. A member of the government is persuaded by a realty agent to sell off most of the island to foreign investors. Robin and Jimmy discover the plot, and comedy ensues.

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One of the coolest things about the internet, that I'm continually discovering, is that you get the chance to check out movies that you might have missed out on or maybe even passed over the first time around.Barely do I even remember the trailer of Club Paradise back in 1986, but because of Robin Williams and Adolph Cesar (who gave a truly outstanding and forever hauntingly Oscar worthy performance in A SOLDIER'S STORY), I bought this movie off of Amazon.com for like under 8 bucks or so with shipping.I must say that this is the most enjoyable 8 bucks I've spent in a while...(and this is coming from a guy whose hemorrhaged thousands of dollars on child support payments)!However, I did noticed that Robin Williams is kind of laid back this time around and has a soft kind of subtle charm in this movie but it still doesn't stop Williams from delivering some of the funniest one-liners that I've ever heard. What's really special, for me, about this film is that it's one of the last performances from the undeniably and extremely talented, Mr. Adolph Cesar(Mr. Gundy), who sadly passed away before this funny film even premiered in the theaters.Without a doubt, though, Club Paradise has got a bunch of laugh out loud moments going for it! Sure, it could've been better and was a little slow in a few parts while the next joke or visual gag was making it's way around the corner of the silver screen, but I'll keep pulling this one out from my DVD collection from time to time because I love laughter and I'm a still a little kid at heart from the 1980's.Oh, yeah!..Club Paradise most definitely has earned it's place in my collection of DVD movies!...

CLUB PARADISE, while having a promising premise, is a largely disappointing misfire. Even Robin Williams seems to be a bit bored, and is clearly not at his best here. Granted, there is a great ensemble cast, but none of them are given a whole lot to do and, save Robin Williams, are underdeveloped. Still, I'll give credit where credit is due. The film does start off rather well, with Robin Williams' character Jack Moniker retiring from the Chicago Fire Department on a disability settlement and heading off to St. Nicholas, a tropical island. There, he settles in and gets involved with a local businessman/musician named Ernest Reed (Jimmy Cliff, who gives some excellent musical performances) who runs a resort called Club Paradise. These initial scenes were quite funny as they showed Jack getting used to his surroundings and later, dealing with the tourists who visit the island. Among those visitors are Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis, two losers who are trying to score with women and get high. These two comedians have been good elsewhere, but here their talents were wasted on one-dimensional characters that really weren't that funny. Well-meaning, maybe, but not funny. To add some conflict, the prime minister of the island is trying to drive Ernest out so that foreign investors can develop the land. In my opinion, the film really didn't need this as the cast was already large enough that they could have focused on something else besides island politics. Also in the mix is Peter O'Toole as the local British governor. Even though his role wasn't too substantial, I did like him in the several scenes he was in. He and Robin Williams even get to play off each other a little bit. However, if there's one major flaw in the movie it's that it tries to do too much in its finale. Instead of wrapping up the various subplots that were percolating over the run time, they opt instead for something more ridiculous, i.e., a "revolution." By doing that, they really gave short shrift to the great cast of characters they had been following previously. The film's humor was also rather dated, but I can live with that. On the good side of things, the best element outside of Robin Williams and Peter O'Toole was the music, consisting almost exclusively of reggae. Overall, while the film is a nice 80's time capsule it's quite forgettable and I wouldn't consider it essential viewing for Robin Williams fans.

If you claim to be a Robbin Williams fan and you don’t know what this movie is, you’re an idiot. The cast of this movie is star studded and honestly insane and the movie is so good. My family and I have been quoting it for 30 years.

Robin Williams is great fun as retired Chicago fireman and now owner manager of a chaotic resort hotel on a fictitious Caribbean island. Twiggy is gorgeous as his new girlfriend and Peter O'Toole is hilarious as the governor of the island. It's all good fun with sunshine and a blue sea and beaches with palm trees. There's reggae and easy going native islanders, a subplot with some shady business people and, of course, a revolution.It's not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, this is pure 80s camp. If that's your kind of thing it should keep you nicely entertained on a rainy afternoon. Also if you're an ardent fan of Robin Williams. He is rather fun, although you should be warned that this is not one of his better films. Many of the supporting cast may be familiar to viewers who remember Second City TV. Also in there as a model is Carey Lowell, the sassy Bond girl from Licence to Kill.A Region 2 DVD is available. The Region 1 disc I bought will play on most Region 2 devices without any problems.

Was a gift for Christmas the film is jumping so no packing to send back but what you could see was quie funny

Great item arrived on time

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great movie