Ditch Brodie is a maverick skydiving instructor. One day, a beautiful girl comes in, wanting to take her first jump. Up in the air, Ditch takes his eyes off her momentarily, then looks back to find out that she has fallen out, dying on impact. Ditch is suspicious that all is not as it seems, because he distinctly remembers hooking her static line on… A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold. A Russian woman is searching with her lights off in the dark foggy Arizona desert when a 747 lands almost on top of her. Later, she's back at home when two thugs kill her. Richard 'Ditch' Brodie (Charlie Sheen) is a former gymnast who never made it to the Olympics in Moscow. He runs a parachute school but his latest idiotic stunt got him in trouble with the FAA. Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski) claims to be an amateur and hires Ditch to teach her first jump. In the air, he turns his back and Chris apparently falls out of the plane to her death. Ditch is blamed by everybody and he goes to investigate. Ben Pinkwater (James Gandolfini) claims to be a deputy district attorney threatening to prosecute him. Ditch finds Chris along with her pilot Lex. She actually an expert and they had faked the accident. She promises to clear his name if he accompanies her on a jump. It turns out they are all laid off KGB agents and they're after the plane filled with Russian gold.<br/><br/>There are a lot of crazy action set pieces. It's not about logic or reason and the story is not the best. The rocket sledge and the car coming out of the plane are simply over the top. The problem is that the movie tries to straddle both sides. It wants to be silly action with comedy but it also has a serious Nastassja Kinski with a deadly KGB story. Charlie Sheen is playing an irreverent character which comes a little too close to his 'Hot Shots!' movies. There is a calibration problem. It may work better if it goes for straight up comedy and ridiculousness with a funnier relationship. I love this movie, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Charlie (Charles? remember that?) Sheen is in this as a "maverick" skydiver. After some, err… "unplausable" plot twists, he ends up fighting for the fate of the free world or something, and I think he gets some lovin' from Natasha Kinski. Maybe. Who cares.<br/><br/>That is the attitude to take when watching this movie. Put the old brain in neutral and just enjoy watching things go "boom!" and watching some good skydiving. Like most Sheen movies, namely No Code of Conduct, if you're not expecting too much, you'll be pleasantly surprised.<br/><br/>In short, this is a "flick", not a "motion picture".<br/><br/>But, it's a damn good "flick".
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