UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
完成度不错的黑色喜剧，故事不复杂，导演在叙事方法上下了大功夫。感谢盗梦观影！@橙天Luone
❸干姐夫的设定有什么用没看懂。
国内电影比较少见的叙事方式，完成度还不错，但是剧本经不住细敲
还可以，值个7星。演员阵容有点浪费，场景真的过于贫穷，剧本表现尚可，感觉总分低了一丢丢
居然有点烧脑，反转过瘾。小孩出来那一瞬间快破防了，为人父母见不得这些。愿世间光明多一些
豆瓣這個分數還是差不多的，就是感覺導演確實花了心思在結構上，鏡頭上也挺講究，但是時長真的有點長了，只發生在一間房子裡，然後要靠不斷出現新人物加不斷重複閃回過去後加上一些新鏡頭來撐住時長。特別是最後等警察來真的有些搞笑了，真的是反派死於話多啊，都爆炸了，警察分分鐘就來了，還有心思解釋半天，雖然知道肯定是這個結尾，但還是太刻意了吧。而且確實是靠范偉的演技在撐著整部電影了。不過黑色幽默感還是挺強的，喜劇難拍，黑色幽默更難一些，就這點來看，導演拍的還行，中規中矩吧，不算佳片，但有閃光點
编剧使出浑身解数，要是剧情能更疯点就好了。
挺好的，咱不能啥片都按照pulp fiction和大烟枪的标准来要求吧。演技都在线，故事交待也挺清楚。
有很多反转，也有很多惊喜，但还是觉得剪辑上有点故弄玄虚了。可以一看，但没那么值得回味。
不知道是否是错觉，某几个镜头的构图很像「寄生虫」（出现在立交桥前后的镜头，忘了是前面还是后面），可能是我片看得少，也许致敬的是其他片。
多线叙事的剧本完成度还不错，结局加的一个画面，应该是为了不过于惨吧。
豆瓣這個分數還是差不多的，就是感覺導演確實花了心思在結構上，鏡頭上也挺講究，但是時長真的有點長了，只發生在一間房子裡，然後要靠不斷出現新人物加不斷重複閃回過去後加上一些新鏡頭來撐住時長。特別是最後等警察來真的有些搞笑了，真的是反派死於話多啊，都爆炸了，警察分分鐘就來了，還有心思解釋半天，雖然知道肯定是這個結尾，但還是太刻意了吧。而且確實是靠范偉的演技在撐著整部電影了。不過黑色幽默感還是挺強的，喜劇難拍，黑色幽默更難一些，就這點來看，導演拍的還行，中規中矩吧，不算佳片，但有閃光點
密室剧本杀，不断闪回反转，但设计感还是太重了些，看到后面会有为反转而反转的刻意感。对于小场景来说人物有点多了
洋葱一样层层剥皮抽丝剥茧，最后真相大白，过瘾
我还挺喜欢这种抽丝剥茧般把故事一点点还原出来的故事，多线发展，所有人都是不速之客
没啥意思，这片子的反转，在很多经典悬疑片中都能看到。
编剧使出浑身解数，要是剧情能更疯点就好了。
低配石头，多线条故事交叉，不过节奏有些松，有点拉胯，所以没有那么深的投入感
其实布景和故事是很好的，整个结构、情节推进、人物一个个进入，就是没当作电影拍好。电影，有电影的叙事方式，这部电影的差距，还是在导演的功底。
低成本剧本杀般抽丝剥茧，由重重反转点亮整幅地图，剧作结构上的出挑与新颖，但细节经不起二刷与推敲。新人导演一体机创作作者电影，老戏骨人保戏加上俯拍镜头也算可圈可点，利欲熏心的反面讽刺，依旧是伟光正的双面演绎。一出可远观不能细品的折子戏，一部可消遣不必深究的开胃菜。导演前途无量，未来影院重逢。
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