Name: Terminal Exposure
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987-09-21
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Mark Hennessy, Scott King, Hope Marie Carlton, Steve Donmyer, John Vernon

Terminal Exposure

Some of the pictures these guys take could get them arrested. One picture could get them killed.

Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in the sun turns dangerous when they end up shooting bullets instead of film.

Comedy

DirectorNico Mastorakis

WritersKirk Ellis, Nico Mastorakis, Roger Tweten

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateSeptember 21, 1987

Runtime1h 45m

Wuchak

@Wuchak

October 30, 2022

**_Fun misadventures from Venice Beach to Las Vegas and back_** Two best friends in SoCal (Mark Hennessy and Scott King) accidentally capture evidence of a murder on camera and seek a blonde with a tattoo on her derriere (Hope Marie Carlton). Ted Lange plays a literal beach bum and Joe Estevez a grim shady man. Shot in August-September, 1986, and released the next year, "Terminal Exposure” is a comedy/crime misadventure with focus on youths chasing beach beauties à la “Private Resort” (1985). I thought the two leads made for an entertaining duo despite being unknowns. Meanwhile Hope Marie is lovely (along with a few other females) and the misadventures are fun. But, like “Private Resort,” there’s a little too much sleaze in the air for my tastes. Yet this is mostly limited to the first act and the flick drives home the importance of finding the right mate and the corresponding faithfulness despite the guys' obsession with T&A. The film runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area, as well as Las Vegas. GRADE: B-