Down the Drain

My review was written in April 1990 after watching the movie on RCA/Columbia video cassette.

The personable team of Andrew Stevens and Teri Copley uplifts the carefree caper film "Down the Drain", an okay video rental title.

Slightly unusual structure for this genre has the big robbery take place in the second reel, after a minimum of preliminaries. Stevens is a slick lawyer who gets his criminal clients acquitted and then organizes them into a bank-robbery gang.

After the caper, there's the usual falling-out among thieves, competition with opposing forces and a quota of car chases, stunts and slapstick. It runs out of gas in the final segments.

Stevens is smooth in the lead role, though he doesn't get any scenes with his mom, Stella Stevens, who looks great in her cameo appearance. Copley is a treat as the uninhibited heroine, delivering unexpected nude scenes.

The late John Matuszak has a minor role as part of the gang.