Rating: Summary: Come for the dinosaurs, stay for the laughs! Review: This film was featured in an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and one viewing will show you why. The plot is simple: a runaway slave (Bernhardt) escapes from a spaceship to Earth, pursued by his cyborg masters and their dinosaur trackers. On the way he (literally) runs into a novice nun who is a former prostitute and drug addict. She helps him hide from the hunters, and he helps her sort out a crisis of faith. Along the way there are bad special effects, cheesy forced-perspective dinosaur puppets (held close to the camera, they seem massive), and diabolical acting. In spite of it all, this movie manages to transcind itself and become funny. The fight sequences are a riot, and the special effects are as good for laughs as anything "Dark Shadows" or the original "Star Trek" ever produced. And all in all, the storyline isn't any worse than that of "Jurassic Park" or "Star Wars"; the biggest failing is the low budget and too much reliance on fight scenes to carry the action. If you're looking for a film to pass the time or entertain friends, this one will do the trick ... especially for fans of the "Soap Opera Game" or Mystery Science Theater watchers who want to see the original movie uncut.
Rating: Summary: One of Z'Dar's Best Work Ever! Review: This is by far one of Robert Z'Dar's best works ever. The Cyborg Master is portrayed in a manner that only Z'Dar could accomplish. Any Cyborg that has the ability to head-butt your shirt right off of you is one not to be reckoned with. And on top of all that, there are enough Cardboard boxes in this movie for the Cardboard enthusiest in all of us. And who could forget all those memorible moments with the comical Fred Burrows. This film is a hoot! With exploding Dinos, hot Ex-Hooker turned Nun, Jean Claude look alike and Robert Z'dar.... You can't go wrong.
Rating: Summary: This movie started actors career's, then quickly ended them Review: This movie has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I will think Richard Simmions is straight before I think this movie is average. Dinosaurs the size of chickens that can be killed with pencils, then blow up, "advanced" cyborgs with the vision of a 1981 Atari game, have white make up on their faces that falls off when kicked or punch then magically comes back on in the process of the fight, a house where only fat guys live and who try to crush you by falling on you, with such AWESOME elements like that, I can't understand why this movie didn't sweep the Oscars. If I went to a video store and they gave this movie away for free, I would take it, throw it has hard as I could against the wall, jump on it until it was in pieces, then burn ALL the pieces so the world would have one less of this monstrosity in it.
Rating: Summary: So THAT'S what happened to the dinosaurs... Review: What can you say about a movie that features dinosaurs on a string, 1000 empty boxes and Z'Dar's chin? Only that Ed Wood would have been proud! Note: The star rating is this high only because I saw it on MST3K. Don't think I could have finished watching this flick without Mike, Crow and Servo.
Rating: Summary: Why is there no zero rating Review: Why? What did we do to deserve this movie? This is without a doubt one of the most pointless pieces of drivel ever to hit the video store shelves. Why did they get on a train and abandon their friends with a dinosaur? Who knows? Did the train just go in a circle and take them back to where they lived? I guess. Why did the cops pick them up? Who cares? This movie was so bad I almost had an aneurysm. Please by no circumstances ever even think about watching this "movie". Unless it's on MST3K then, of course, it's hilarious. This movie is so bad I found myself adding in riffs that Mike and the 'bots missed. Oh - a little bonus tip if you do buy this thing for some reason: save the box and make your own set just like in the film. Buy a $.99 rubber dinosaur and a pack of M-80s and you can make the sequel.
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