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Summary: Pure Unadulterated Hollywood Summer "Camp"
Review: If you liked Repo Man, Mars Attacks, Big Trouble in Little China, then don't hesitate! I love all those other movies but I still prefer this one. Just look at all those big names: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin... Yea, they probably sorta regret that this movie has gotten more attention than some of their other "serious" films but hey, it's just better! Want proof? Just look at all the fan web sites around, the prices Buckaroo memorabilia commands on auction sites, the oft quoted lines, I could go on. Oh just buy it for planet's sake ;o) And just remember, No Matter Where You Go...
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Summary: Buckaroo Banzai is my Hero!
Review: This is the movie to watch in January. The all star cast shows that they have a great sense of humor and can take a joke even when they are it. I have loved this movie and it's campy off beat humor for a lot of years. I finally wore out my tape, I have watched it so much. My children love this movie as well. It is fun to watch with the whole family. Peter Weller is the perfect hero. Typically, he can't figure out his love life even though he understands particle physics. GET THIS MOVIE.
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Summary: No matter where you go...There you are
Review: This movie blows me away everytime I see it. No finer example of sci-fi cheese is to be found anywhere. It is more of a comic book than the comic book movies. Not to be missed This re-release is long overdue. GO TEAM BANZAI!
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Summary: We are not in the 8th dimension, we are in New Jersey
Review: Buckaroo Banzai is one of those underground success movies (I hesitate to use "cult" because I think it's overused). It took me about 4 viewings to "get it" about this great movie. It's a sci-fi comedy that flows, looks, and reads like a comic book. Buckaroo himself is over the top multi-talented and even has a comic book title named after him. He and his band of followers must stop an invasion from the 8th dimension. But be forewarned -- the movie is sometimes hard to follow (you must pay close attention) and the humor is somtimes not obvious. If you like any Monty Python material, Army of Darkness, or other off-the-wall types of humor give this a try. And it's loaded with folks who went on to become big stars.
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Summary: It's a rollicking hoot
Review: None stop action with a campy bit of every action adventure/ sci-fi flick you ever saw. I cherish my rare copy. It keeps getting funnier each time I see it.
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Summary: Buckaroo Blasts Off
Review: Buckaroo Banzai, with a stellar cast, including John Lithgow (brilliant in 3rd rock from the sun and his other efforts), Peter Weller (Robocop and others) and Jeff Goldblum (Jurrasic Park) is a comic book romp that satifies both (1) serious sci-fi buffs and (2) viewers with a sense of humor that can appreciate a movie willing to poke fun at the sci-fi genre without detracting from the movie's dramatic impact. Brilliant performances from Weller, Lithgow, and Goldblum. Whoever issues this in a high quality DVD format WILL MAKE A FORTUNE!
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Summary: Buckaroo Banzai is my hero
Review: This movie is hard to find but great fun to watch. Many of the cast are young performers who are now well known. (John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd and a pre robocop Peter Weller) Buckaroo Banzai doesn't try to be anything but fun. A bigger than life hero, an alien invasion, comedy, some action and a little romance too. I've been a fan for many years. I've been trying to find this movie for a long time so I could add it to my collection of favorite movies.
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Summary: Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy! Buckaroo's BACK!
Review: 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai' nearly defies definition! A cult classic, this send-up of alien invasion stories, pulp fiction heroes, and adventure movies is a love/hate proposition; while I found it to be brilliant fun, many of my friends thought it was incomprehensible! One thing for sure...There is NO other film quite like it!Buckaroo (played with laid-back coolness by Peter Weller) is a Japanese/American race car driver/neurosurgeon/rock star/comic book hero who, with his rock 'n roll commandos, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, balances his time between saving lives, pushing the boundaries of science, troubleshooting for the President, and playing gigs in nightclubs (lost, yet?). The film opens with his performing surgery, recruiting a new Cavalier member (a pre-stardom Jeff Goldblum), then hopping into a prototype race car, supposedly to break the land speed record, but actually to test a device that would allow man to travel through solid objects by adjusting their molecular density! (NOW are you lost?) The experiment works, but thrusts Bonzai temporarily into the Eighth Dimension, a kind of Phantom Zone for criminals from Planet Ten. The breech allows an alien invasion to begin, as Planet 10 stormtroops (frog-faced creatures who all take the names of various celebrities named 'John') get their marching orders, and invade New Jersey! This is not the first time the Eighth Dimension has been breeched; in 1938, Dr. Lizardo (John Lithgow, in his funniest performance ever) attempted a similar experiment, but his head became stuck, temporarily, in the hole! An alien presence entered his mind, and Lizardo was shipped off to a mental hospital, where he plotted the destruction of the human race ("Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy! You all are-a gonna die!") Freed by the invasion force, Lithgow begins to carry out his threat! Meanwhile, Bonzai meets Penny Priddy (Ellen Barkin, in an early performance), the twin sister of his lost love, while the Hong Kong Cavaliers are performing at a gig, and begins wooing her with his philosophy of life ("No matter where you go...there you are.") A frantic call from the President and a murder attempt breaks up the romantic interlude, and the adventure REALLY begins! (If you aren't lost by now, you may just be a Buckaroo fan!) The film careens from one climax to another, scarcely allowing the viewer time to think (which, in a film like this, may be a GOOD thing!). Director W.D. Richter deftly keeps the tone light, although there is a heartbreaking death scene tossed in. As the situation grows more desperate, alien Black Lectoids, and the Buckaroo Bonzai Fan Club (Team Banzai) arrive to lend a hand! Will Good triumph? Will Buckaroo find happiness with Penny Priddy? Will the sequel, with Buckaroo taking on a world crime syndicate, ever be made? (Sadly, as the film bombed in it's initial release, THAT appears unlikely!) Loaded with more imagination than any three films you can name, and a oddball sense of humor, to boot, 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai' is a wonderful, wacky triumph, that challenges you to toss aside preconceptions, and 'enjoy the ride'! I HIGHLY recommend it!
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Summary: A hilarious romp through the dimensions
Review: Peter Weller leads a brilliant cast in this cult classic, a sci-fi comic book-style comedy. It is a tragedy that it is no longer available. The film has been criticized as incoherent, and this was, I think, because many people first saw it on video and did not pay sufficient attention. I first saw the film in the theater and never had any trouble understanding what was going on. But it is certainly the case that the more you watch it, the more jokes you get!
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Summary: A Must See Sci-Fi Clasic!
Review: "Always Remember, No Matter Where You Go, There You Are." The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai is one of the best low budget sci-fi films ever made. Lots of big names in the cast, before they became big names. Lots of quotes that seem to have gained a life of their own in other movies as well. Lots of dark humor and things you may miss till you've seen it several times. This is a movie that you must see if you like sci-fi. "Where are we Going? - Planet 10" "When? - Real Soon!"
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