Club Paradise Movie Review:

Claiming an attempt to make the most fun out of the month with the fewest days, Warner Home Video has released six comedies which have never been released on DVD. They are all at least fifteen years old, and feature actors who are famous for other films. These six films are lesser known, and in many ways less remarkable, but they are all light viewing and worth viewing. Club Paradise is one of the silliest films in the bunch, able even to make fun of a civil war. It’s simply a comedy, but by the end of the film the stakes have been raised in an attempt for the film to have a statement of sorts.

Club Paradise follows Robin Williams as an ex-Chicago fireman who retires and moves to an island in the Caribbean. After a while relaxing he decides to start his own resort, which has a few kinks to work out once opening. The hotel guest are half the fun of the film, filled with all sorts of unique characters and making the film and ensemble piece. There a number of great bits, including a journey that Eugene Levy takes to try and get some pot for him and his swinger best friend played by Rick Moranis, who is trapped on a wind surfing device in the open sea for half the film.

When the owner of the other resort on the island tries to buy Club Paradise, it is obvious that there is a master plan. It turns out that a group of investors are interested in turning the entire island into a kind of vacation paradise, but all the while killing the casual nature of the island itself. Even the crooked cops on the island are helping the rich resort owner, and it looks as though Cub Paradise will close.

Harold Ramis has great experience with comedy, so even when this film is failing, it still has moments of charm. Everything is nearly lost at the end when the locals start a civil war, because the whole lightness of the material is not the same.

All of the films in the set of new releases are just lucky to be released on DVD for the first time because of their obscure nature and special features is far too much to expect. There is a trailer of the film and nothing else. The quality of the film is even sub-par, although I imagine it is a great improvement of the film from any other versions floating around on VHS.

Ryan Izay

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