Would you buy a car from Joey Walsh? Joey (Robin Williams) is banking that you will, especially as he owes $20000 to gangsters, has promised his ex-wife $500 a month for his daughter's education, has two mistresses (at least) and gets two days to sell 12 cars or lose his job. All of Joey's troubles disappear, though, from the moment a new one crashes right through the window of his showroom in the shape of bemused, enraged Larry (Tim Robbins), wielding a machine-gun and with half a ton of explosives strapped to his bike. Larry is convinced that half the showroom staff has been having his wife (a secretary there) and it's Joey (ironically one of the few who hasn't) who becomes the front-man in a nationwide hostage drama. Although the film is occasionally heavy-handed and sometimes wearing (a lot of people shout at each other a lot of the time), you can forgive it a lot for tying up its plot threads so neatly at the end after a splendid last reel. Williams oozes fake charm - which is just what the character (and situation) demands. Lots of bad language in this one.

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