"Fletch Lives"

As a follow up to watching "Fletch," last night's viewing was "Fletch Lives."  This time Fletch (or under his journalistic name Jane Doe) has finished an assignment and is ready to head off on vacation until his boss insists he take on one more assignment.  Fletch is not too happy to have his planned vacation thwarted so, when he finds out he's inherited Belle Isle from his recently deceased aunt, he quits and leaves L.A. behind to claim his inheritance.  What he finds is a run down plantation which comes with a black caretaker, a car without brakes, and a lot of cobwebs.  His first day in his new home finds him having dinner with his aunt's attorney.  When they spend the night together and the attorney dies during the night, he suspects either he's a stud or foul play is involved.  As he puts on his journalistic hat and begins to investigate his new home, he discovers a lot of secrets that might even cost him his life.  It's an entertaining movie and I laughed a lot but maybe not quite as much as I did watching "Fletch."  Again, Chevy Chase uses his skills to portray many characters as he adopts varying disguises in his undercover work.  pazt