Showing posts with label Meg Foster. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 15 March 2022

They Live (1988)


 

A wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is.

Modest and obviously low-budget sci-fi thriller is clearly meant to be a mild satire and social commentary, but the alien aspect of the story turns it more into a wild conspiracy theory, spiced with a lot of gung-ho action.

Halliwell (no star): "A standard action film with an uncertain tone, as if it started out to be something more interesting."

Maltin**: "Satiric sci-fi adventure begins well, degenerates into urban action piece, not helped by awful alien make-up." 



Thursday, 3 May 2018

Masters of the Universe (1987)



The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Risibly silly live action version of a TV cartoon series is fun to watch how bad it is.

Halliwell (no star): "Live action version of the TV cartoons of the toys of the comic strip. Pretty weak stuff, even for five-year-olds."

Maltin**: "Elaborate comic book nonsense (which has had another life in kiddie animation) is dumb but inoffensive."

Michael Weldon/Psychotronic: "Conan meets Star Wars. This whole movie is based on a line of Mattel toys. Despite that fact, it's not bad as mindless, PG-rated entertainment...A big laser battle in a used-record store is my favorite scene."