A failing baseball player comes into a fortune and has to spend it all in 30 days to qualify for an even bigger sum. This Richard Pryor version of a much filmed farce is higher on energy than laughs, but the star's blustering enthusiasm just about carries it, especially when he plays it off against John Candys lug of a best mate.
Walter Hill makes a shrewd move of not dwelling on the plot too long but rather letting these two fast-talking talents loose on a decent, if patchy, script.
