This is another movie I always saw on the Action/Adventure shelves at the local VHS video rental store but never got around to watching. It’s actually a lot of fun. The story of a Movie Visual FX everyman who’s framed for a murder he didn’t commit and gets caught up in the middle of a war between the police, crooked FBI agents, and the mob. He has to use his FX skills to fake out the bad guys and clear his name.
If that sounds cheesy, well, it is but it’s pretty entertaining. There’s quite a few clever FX tricks employed and the bad guys are sufficiently bombastic to keep things moving. The 2nd act suffers from some shoehorned in car chases that mostly waste screen time and don’t really move the plot or characters forward but despite that, this is a good time and one I’d recommend if you’ve never seen it.