Ernie (Judge Reinhold) is a cool-headed prim taxicab driver in NYC. Maria (Carol Kane) is looking to escape the mob to Canada with her little girl. The mob is sending Frankie out to Toronto for killing Maria's husband. Maria has second thoughts about killing Frankie at the airport but a purse-snatching-gone-wrong ends up with Frankie getting shot anyways. She escapes into Ernie's cab. They are chased for a long ride by the mob guys. She runs off leaving her kid with him as her guardian angel.
The biggest problem is that they're shooting Toronto for NYC in much of the movie and it looks even worst than most of its kind. This is a really poorly made movie. It's almost amateurish. I'm surprised that they got Judge Reinhold and Carol Kane in this. On the one hand, the movie is trying (and failing) to be a hard crime thriller. On the other hand, the movie is trying to be wacky with the help of Judge (and failing). Carol is only who scrapes by because she's not trying to do too much. She plays it straight and leaves the stupidity to everybody else. The girl is a real cutie pie but sometimes I can't understand her. This is really sad.
The biggest problem is that they're shooting Toronto for NYC in much of the movie and it looks even worst than most of its kind. This is a really poorly made movie. It's almost amateurish. I'm surprised that they got Judge Reinhold and Carol Kane in this. On the one hand, the movie is trying (and failing) to be a hard crime thriller. On the other hand, the movie is trying to be wacky with the help of Judge (and failing). Carol is only who scrapes by because she's not trying to do too much. She plays it straight and leaves the stupidity to everybody else. The girl is a real cutie pie but sometimes I can't understand her. This is really sad.