Tom Arnold won the "Razzie" award for worst actor for his performance in this annoying chase movie, though, paradoxically, he's the only reason for watching it. Arnold's affable juvenile persona can be grating at times, but it suits his role here as a bumbling crook holding a car-load of kids hostage. Filmed in Vancouver (standing in for Seattle) by director Arthur Hiller, it runs out of steam way before the end, while the thin plot is entirely built around a succession of screeching tyres and sexist gags. This attempt at entertaining knockabout comedy is a perfect example of Hollywood dumbing down and treating its audience like idiots.

A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.