Stealing Candy

I'm not sure this Mark Lester film even made it to the theatre and nor should it have. Lester brought us the cult classic CLASS OF 1984 and he knows how to make a film. He must have had some money here because he managed to snatch rap star COOLIO for one of the lead roles as well as Alex McArthur. Daniel Baldwin takes the lead opposite Jenya Lano. When it comes to Baldwins I often wonder if the United States include them in their G.N.P. numbers. Anyway, the story is a neat one, three ex cons kidnap a famous B-movie actress and force her to do an on-line porn show which nets almost 14 million. There are all kinds of neat twists and turns and enough here to make this one owrth hunting down. Sadly, the direction is poor and the acting isn't much better but the script is unique enough to warrant at least one viewing.