Busted (1997)

Wonderful character development!

Why so much hype?

the audience applauded

Nice effects though.

Of this entire film, there is but one solitary moment, of one scene, that was mildly amusing and entertaining: The Dream/Shower sequence. That was brave of little man Feldman...very brave. It was especially funny when he could not keep the sweat from his eye's. Just a funny moment. Just picturing him in this sort of Billy Zane shower scene was rather entertaining and semi-classic.The fun ends there, however, as Feldman takes his acting skills to an all-time low. There is not one sequence of this film where you can honestly say to yourself, yeah, he has even a morsel of talent. Oh, it is slap-stick all right, but it ain't vintage! Because it is one thing to over-act your part (see: Hot Shots) for comedy, but you still have to manage good jokes and consistent acting (see: Feldman's character dialect).Also, one thing that irked me a bit, was the way they were pitching this movie as having a prominent roll for Haim. It was interesting, but he wasn't in this but for two mild scenes with scant dialog. Not that he is great or anything, but he may have improved things just slightly...would not have made things worse.Bad script, bad jokes, bad acting, bad everything. Lots of nudity, though. Nothing wrong with that.I can not recommend this on that one scene alone, but if you are a die-hard Feldman fan, you may like it.

"Busted" is a terrible comedy. The jokes are old, unfunny, obvious, moronic, and endlessly repeated (the running gag of the "scary" music heard each time someone says the words "Peeping Tom" is just awful). If you pick a random person off the street and ask him or her to tell you a joke, chances are they'll tell you a better one than any contained in this movie. Chances also are that they'll be better at directing a movie than Corey Feldman, though it may be a little unfair to judge a debuting director's work when the budget constricts him to a single set for about 90% of the running time. The only thing this film has going for it is that some of the women are VERY sexy, especially police officers Lacey and Casey (played by former Playboy Playmates Ava Fabian and Devin DeVasquez). Unfortunately, the movie's ONE potentially good idea, a boxing match between these two, instead of being something funny or sexy, turns into a sour "Rocky" parody. Watch for "special appearances" by Julie Strain, who shockingly (yeah, right) gets naked, and Elliott Gould, who may have appeared in a worse movie in his long career, but I don't want to know anything about it. (*)

Ever wonder what a "Police Academy" movie would look like if it were made by people slightly less intelligent? Yeah, i know that is certainly quite a mean eat to pull off, however this film certainly does just that. There''s no real plot here, just one ultra-lame sight gag after another after another. Soon the film is sapping your will to live. Even the abundant gratuitous nudity can't rescue this unfunny mess. Only proving further (as if any further proof was needed) that the glorious '80's heyday for Corey Feldman has LONG since been over. I'm tempted to tell him the cliché of 'not quiting his day job', but if he's going to keep coming out with sheer unadulterated crap like this my advice would be to please do quit it. In retrospect, my summary line is not that accurate, as said mongoloids would actually likely make a movie that was MUCH more watchable.My Grade: F Where i saw it: The Movie Channel

I have made better films with my mates then this pile of dump, It is terrible from start to finish and i cannot understand how this was released.I am a big fan of the 2 Corey's but this film is a joke and not a funny one. The acting is appalling from every cast member, the script is shockingly bad, there is no plot and since there only seems to be around 4 locations, it must have cost peanuts to make.This film is basically a very bad porno although i don't think it is supposed to be one, for some reason every 6 or 7 minutes there seems to be some type of poorly directed sexual scene and every actress is only in it because of their looks, none of them have any acting ability at all.If you want to watch a good film with Feldman in it try watching the goonies, stand by me or licence to drive (Haim also stars in this). Do not under any circumstances watch this incredibly awful piece of *@#* .