FlashCallahan An alcoholic bi-plane pilot is hired by a spoiled industrialist's daughter to search for her missing father through Asia. But searching for her father eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord....This obviously was Selleck trying to show Spielberg what he missed out on when Selleck couldn't take the part because of his obligation to Magnum.So this is his Indiana Jones, and I bet Spielberg drew a big sigh of relief. Selleck is fine in the first act, when he is filled with booze and falling all over the place, but then we get into the second and third acts, and it turns into one of the most clock watching films I've seen in a very long time.The first act is full of so much promise, some good humour, genuine banter between him and his token sidekick, fantastic aerial camera- work, and quite an intriguing plot.But then it goes as dry as the desert when we bump into Brian Blessed as the very loud, sexist, whatever nationality he's supposed to be leader.He hates the three of them at first, but as soon as Selleck slaps the female lead, he's his best friend!!And then it plods along until we bump into Wilfred Brimmley who has the rest of the budget so the film can have some explosions in the final set piece.Selleck is a good actor, but some of his output was just inexplicably bad in the eighties, because the scripts he received must have been Magnum in prison, Magnum and baby on the door step, and Magnum in WWII.This is Magnum on autopilot.

robgator I agree with the previous comment. This is a great movie and should be released on DVD. My VHS tape is wearing thin. Tom Selleck for the women to watch, Bess Armstrong for the men to watch and Jack Weston for the comedy are all great. The aerial scenes alone are enough of a reason to watch the whole movie. There is action, adventure, suspense, romance and a great father and daughter reunion. I realize that at the time this movie was made, it was not considered to be an academy award movie nor did it garner any nominations. But, with all of the truly bad movies put out on DVD and sold for as low as five dollars a piece, I can not believe this movie is not worthy of at least a small release on DVD. It is far better than many movies made today that end up going straight to DVD.If you have a friend who has an old VHS copy that is still worth watching, you definitely need to check this out.

lnslong We have loved this movie since we first saw it years ago. We enjoy the story line of a young girl searching for her long gone father half way around the world. The scenery in the movie is incredible and adds so much to the story. There are also some good cultural lessons in the movie which come about in the different countries they are in. We were able to tape it off of TV and have watched it over and over. We don't understand why it isn't mentioned more and available in the stores on DVD. We did just purchase it on DVD on-line and the copy we received is a very bad copy. We hope we can get a refund or a good copy as it is one of our favorite movies. We have recommended this movie to many friends and will plan an evening to just sit and watch it once again, even if it is on VHS and not a great copy!

Mccadoo This is one of my all time favorite movies and without a doubt my favorite Tom Selleck movie. I've never understood why it didn't do better and isn't more well known. It has an excellent cast, the chemistry between Selleck and Armstrong is palpable, the movie itself is very well done; decent plot, fast pace, well developed characters, great score and great cinematography, and it's a fun story. When people look back at Selleck's career I think this movie and "Quigley Down Under" will be considered his best big screen work. And Bess Armstrong has always been a strong actress, she's great in this movie, as is the entire supporting cast. This is the kind of movie that people go to the movies to see. It should get much more respect than it does, and it should be available on DVD!