The Chase (1994 film)

The Chase is a 1994 action comedy film starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson. Released a few months before the reallife O. J. Simpson chase that also took place in California, the film includes Henry Rollins as a police officer and features cameos from both Anthony Kiedis and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ron Jeremy. It references Apocalypse Now after the ending credits and Convoy, and inspired the song Charlie Sheen Vs. Henry Rollins by Alexisonfire.

Twentyeightyearold Jackson Jack Davis Hammond Charlie Sheen is sentenced toyears in prison for an armed robbery he did not commit, but manages to escape. To get away from the police while at a convenience store, he takes a hostage, California heiress Natalie Voss Kristy Swanson, the only daughter of multimillionaire Dalton Voss Ray Wise. Threatening Natalie with a candy bar, posing for a gun, Jack disarms a pair of unseasoned, intervening officers. Jack takes their guns then drives off in Natalies BMW. The chase quickly becomes broadcast live on every TV channel, with scenes filming news coverage from helicopters, the back seat of a police car, and the pavement of the highway. Natalie eventually gets to know Jack during the chase, and later sympathizes with the gunwielding, copshooting, maniac kidnapper by comparing her life to his and realizes their similarities despite having different backgrounds. She falls in love with him and begins to believe in him. Later, they start kissing and end up having sex while Jack is driving. Jack plans on escaping into Mexico and Natalie proposes a future together.When the cops block off the border crossing to Mexico, Jack stops before reaching the border, and releases Natalie. She reluctantly leaves and in the final confrontation with the police, Jack appears to be defiant and goes down in a blaze of glory. Moments later, however, this is revealed to be a mental projection of what would happen if he does not surrender. Jack surrenders, but Natalie takes a television producer hostage with the gun given to her by Jack before she was surrendered to the police. Natalie blows up a nearby police helicopter, hijacks a news helicopter, and escapes with Jack across the border into Mexico. The next scene reveals that after some time has passed, they are relaxing in freedom on a beach. ........

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