Pop legend Phil Collins "makes an impressive acting debut" (LA Herald-Examiner) in this "endearing" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning* comedy about love, life and family on the lam. "Tinged with scruffy, good-natured charm" (Boxoffice) and the Collins hits "Two Hearts" and "Groovy Kind of Love," Buster will steal your heart! Based on actual events surrounding the Great Train Robbery of 1963, Buster follows the exploits of a lovable husband and father who provides for his family by stealing! Wanted for his involvement in one of the most daring robberies ofall time, Buster (Collins) must pack up his clan and hightail it to Mexico. But when his wife growstired of sunshine and margaritas and moves back to England, Buster faces a tough choice: remain a free man in Mexico or face the music in London so he can one day be with his family again! *1989: Golden GlobeÂ(r), Original SongMotion Picture; 1988: GrammyÂ(r), Original SongMotion Picture
Helped considerably by a relatively high budget for a 1988 British film, Buster perfectly remade the 1960s caper-film experience. Rock star Phil Collins plays Buster Edwards, who's only one of a gang who all seem doomed to be captured after their £2.5 million train heist. The caper is over within 30 minutes. However, the film is really about the love story between Buster and his doting yet long-suffering wife June (an excellent Julie Walters). When the action switches to sun-drenched Mexico, you just know her loyalty is going to be tested to extremes because that's when Collins's award-winning songs kick in! "Two Hearts" and "Groovy Kind of Love" may not be '60s-styled, but the message is that love always conquers time and place. --Paul Tonks
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Why was this movie ever made?:
One of the most annoying pop stars of the 1980s in a cutesy movie about a ruthless criminal? Can you say WTF? Why not hire Andrew Lloyd Webber to make a musical based on the life of Al Capone?
Buster dvd:
Fantastic dvd !!!
Taking you back to the 60's in England. The Great Train Robbery was major headline news and Phil Collins is not just a GREAT singer/musician he is an awesome actor too !!
G R E A T MOVIE!!!!!!:
I JUST GOT DONE WATCHING THE MOVIE AND IT IS A GREAT MOVIE Phil Collins is great in this movie. It is just too sad this is based on a real story about Buster Edwards!
Super buster!:
The film itself is something that really happened in England in the late sixties! Personally I like films of different themes, romantic,drama,horror etc. In this one I really liked Phil's acting and how he portrayed Buster,apart from those beautiful mexico scenery.
