Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy og Dan Aykroyd stiller op til vild tumult i denne skrupskøre komedie (skrevet og instrueret af Aykroyd) med endnu flere løsslupne gys end i Beetlejuice. Velkommen til Valkenvania - hvor fartfælder ikke er noget, man spøger med. En enkelt forkert frakørsel for at undgå at betale vejafgift og børseksperten Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) og den investeringsrådgivende advokat Diane Lightson (Demi Moore) er havnet i Valkenvania. En mindre trafikforseelse og de bliver slæbt af sted af byens ordenshåndhæver Dennis (John Candy) til det kombinerede retslokale/morskabshus, hvor den 106 år gamle fredsdommer Alvin Valkenheiser (Dan Aykroyd) styrer med hård hånd. Fra asken i ilden - Nothing But Trouble (med Dan Aykroyd og John Candy i to skønne roller hver) kalder på latterbrølet.
Runtime: 94 minutter
Udgivelsesdato 1991-02-14
Budget: $40,000,000.00
Indtægter: $8,479,793.00
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Now, here's a film that doesn't quite know it's 1991 and attempts a bizarre ode to The <i>Texas Chainsaw Massacre </i> (1974), albeit with PG sensibility. Demi Moore is one of the film's main revelations and she masters its wackiness with a strangely befitting coolness. Ackroyd <i>is</i> the wackiness, but that's only if you can recognize him under the genius of the makeup-grotesquery. Ackroyd directs here as well as plays the hick judge of a-town-time-forgot and has a lot of fun playing with unsuspecting passers-through. The set pieces are inspired too and this truly is an odd yet fun ride, once it gets going. The only real contention is Chevy Chase who's a real stick in the mud - Tom Hanks was unfortunately busy.