Movie Review: Bail Out

Bail Out a.k.a W.B., Blue and the Bean a.k.a Wings of Freedom 

Starring: David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Tony Brubaker, Thomas Rosales Jr., John Vernon, Gregory Scott Cummins, Wayne Montanio, Jack Jozefson, Sheree Bodoff, Valerie Swift, Joe Tornatore, Bob Minor, Caroline Barclay, Clay M. Lilley, Fred Scheiwiller, Robert F. Hoy, Ginger Caples, Richard Cansino, Said Faraj, Timothy Brown, Maurice Sherbanee, Karen Michaels, Roy Jenson, Gary Lee Davis, George 'Buck' Flower, Jovin Montanaro, Dick Durock, Daniel O'Haco, Jeff O'Haco, Daniel K. Moore, Charles Croughwell, Debra Lamb, Taylor Lacher, Jerry Craig, Danny Trejo, Cecilia Camacho 

Director: Max Kleven 

Movie Group, The, USA, 1989.

This movie can be found in Fuel Injected Films 20 Movie Collection by Mill Creek Entertainment. 

Aram Haronian (Charlie Brill) is a bail bond agent running the office with his assistant Charlie (Jack Jozefson). The bum in front of their office looks familiar. Do you still remember Buck?

Local bum

Aram Haronian

Aram's "muscles" are former football player & boxing expert Mason 'Blue' Walcott (Tony Brubaker), family man Casper 'Bean' Garcia (Thomas Rosales Jr.) and tennis instructor & ladies' man Roger 'White Bread' Donaldson (David Hasselhoff). They bring in the customers who fail to appear in court. They get paid poorly as Casper gets only $50 for arresting a dangerous offender. 

Mason 'Blue' Walcott

Roger 'White Bread' Donaldson

Casper 'Bean' Garcia

White Bread is sent to pick up Annette 'Nettie' Ridgeway (Linda Blair) who is involved in messy case of drug smuggling. However Nettie is first kidnapped by her dad's men and then by Colombian mobsters gunning the other kidnappers down. The bounty hunter trio decides to solve the crime themselves and get big bucks. Nettie's dad Matthew Ridgeway (John Vernon) thinks the kidnapping was a prank and that White Bread shouldn't be worried. Mum's the word! 

Annette 'Nettie' Ridgeway

Matthew Ridgeway

As White Bread's original payment for bringing in Nettie was about $850, it is uncertain for Bean and Blue how they will get paid for saving Nettie. The plan seems to be: 

1. Save the girl
2. ??????
3. Profit!

Bean gets information about South-American men who have rented warehouses recently. Disguising as gas men the trio infiltrates the warehouse where Nettie is being held. After White Bread saves Nettie she is soon kidnapped again by Mr. Zalazar (Gregory Scott Cummins). Zalazar wants ransom for the girl.

Badges? I ain't got no stinking badge, man!

Blue and W.B. in action

Zalazar

The trio travels to Mexico. There they meet Danny Trejo as local airfield attendant. Also a helpful local Felix (Wayne Montanio) joins them. After some adventures the heroes save the girl with guns blazing. Nettie shows some her shooting skills that she learned in daddy's gun club.

Airfield attendant Mean

Felix

End battle

The movie is cheezy fun but not very memorable 80s action film. The dialogue is fun with corny one-liners. The characters are parodically stereotyped, there is gay car rental clerk Brucie (Richard Cansino), sombrero-wearing Mexican Felix (Wayne Montanio), former black football star and miserly bail bond agent, not too overdressed Motel Clerk (Debra Lamb) etc. Linda Blair is quite fun to watch. Hoffmeister's character is not very far away from Michael Knight in "Knight Rider", just with more guns.

Big gun

Brucie

Not too overdressed Motel Clerk (Debra Lamb)

Rating: Average