CHiPs '99 (1998)

Excellent but underrated film

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

CHiPs is back in a TV reunion movie entitled "CHiPs '99". It stars Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada who reprises their role as the well-known California Highway Patrolmen Jon Baker and Erik Estrada respectively.In it,we get updated with the development of what has happened to Jon and Erik with the former getting promoted as a Captain of the CHP and the latter getting back after a 15-year absence from the CHP to help solve a carjacking syndicate that has been happening in the Southern California freeways.Aside from Ponch and Jon,we also get to witness updates on the other characters such as Getraer,Bruce Nelson, Grossman and Baricza and meet new characters such as Sandy,Roulette and Sergeant.What is good about it is that we are presented to an updated episode of CHiPs had been it shown during the 90's of that being a fun and non-violent cop show wherein the most violent it could actually get it pointing a gun to a criminal.If that was its objective,then I say that this TV movie did succeed.But if it tried to get back on air through this TV movie,then there are a lot of reasons why it wasn't successful.First,it was the '90s.The actors have aged especially Estrada who has gained a lot of weight and has shown a lot of white hair.Estrada's sex appeal was badly needed in the show.Added to that,a mature Ponch would definitely not appeal to the TV viewers considering that his ego is what was needed and made the show successful back in the day when the show was on air.While the wacky ideas that Ponch would suggest remains relevant,this was not what people remember him most for it was only the first season of CHiPs when he was presented as a weak CHP officer and that is why he is needed to be a Jon as a partner.Most CHiPs fans remember him for that macho gigolo that most of the female Californians would want to sleep with.Another reason is that reformation of the show was somewhat "half- cooked".The new characters such as Jon's wife Sandy was underwritten and so was the new CHP officers Roulette and Sergeant.The rivalry between Roulette and Ponch provided a good start but the former's character is just underwritten as well which makes it half as interesting.Finally,Jon takes a lot of the screen time in the story.Admittedly,Wilcox is a big part of the show.When he was replaced by Tom Reilly,the show fell apart and it got cancelled.Wilcox and Estrada have great chemistry with the former being stoic and the latter being charismatic.Saying this,it would have been better if Ponch was captured and was the cop who got entangled with Monica on top of the bus being the charismatic character.It would have had a funnier and more interesting conclusion.But nevertheless,it was nice to see CHiPs in this TV movie for one last time for I know that the reruns of its episode at MeTV remain popular at present after being out of the air for three decades and after this TV movie was last shown almost two decades ago.No question that CHiPs remain popular after all these years.

Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada reprise their roles a CHP Officer Patrolmen Jon Baker and Frank "Ponch" Poncherello return in this CHiPs TV movie reunion 15 years after in CHiPs '99.They re-unite once more and try to solve a carjacking crime that has been on-going in the streets of California.No question that a lot of CHiPs fans are excited to see them once again in this 90's update of the 1977-83 cops TV series.We see them riding on up-to-date BMW motorcycle and use modern communication that gets them in touch with the CHP headquarters instantly as compared to the 70' Kawasaki motorcycle and walkie-talkies.In addition to that,we get to see personal updates as well on the main characters like Jon Baker now get promoted as a Captain, Sergeant Joseph Getraer now become CHP Commissioner and the others members of the crew from the TV series like Bruce Nelson become a sergeant,Grossman become a Detective and Baricza now become an officer patrolman.And most of all,w get to see Ponch return to the CHP after 15 years of absence and self-imposed retirement to become a "painter". It was also nice to see new and interesting characters like Jon's wife, Officer Sandy Baker and Frank Jr,Ponch's young son as well as new patrolmen like Officers Peter Roulette and Sergeant McFall.No question that this reunion TV movie would somehow not be up- to-date when it was first shown back in 1998 in terms of storyline and action scenes and sequences.But nevertheless,Wilcox and Estrada still would be interesting and charismatic in re-living their roles as Jon and Ponch respectively.Their presence enough is good enough to make it interesting and entertaining light action cop movie.Overall,CHiPs would still generate a lot of fun and entertainment as long as Larry and Erik are in it.

After a 15-year self-imposed retirement from the CHP, Ponch reunites with his partner Jon to break up a car-theft ring in this reunion TV movie entitled,CHiPs '99.This lighthearted action-adventure is set from where the old show left off. Jon and Ponch have not been partners for years.But when a car theft ring starts to do a puzzling series of car thefts,they get reunited to solve this mystery. Part of the fun of the show is watching the two leads as they try to adjust to the innovations of modern police work, including new bikes and wireless radios that keep them in constant contact with their senior officer.While there was a lot to be desired from this TV movie considering that it feels so out-of-date when it was shown as compared to when the TV series was still on the air,it felt somewhat fun to see both Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada reprise their roles as Jon and Ponch respectively for loyal fans of the said TV cop series.

I really loved watching it. I loved the characters of Ponch. Jon, and Bruce. The show was really fantastic. The movie is also. I hope that they make more of them. I have the People magazine with Erik Estrada in it. I'm going to look for more magazines with him in them.