Rating: 
Summary: Oh the Humanity!
Review: "Leprechaun 4" is the type of film that only the most learned, metaphysically hardy individuals should watch. As I sat in my easy chair, buffeted by the splendorous emanations pouring out of the television screen and speakers, I pondered whether my mind could handle the multifaceted plot, canyon deep characters, whipsaw fast pacing, and dialogue that surely issued from the mouth of that most benevolent deity watching over each and every one of us from his throne in the stars. Seriously, I am just funning around. We all know, as anyone who has sacrificed ninety minutes of his or her life to watch this dullsville production knows, that this movie reeks to high heaven. "Leprechaun 4" boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. Why doesn't "Leprechaun 4" work in any way, shape, or form? Because it boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. "Leprechaun 4" ought to come with a syringe full of Thorazine because that's the only way anyone will get through this one without significant mental scarring.At some point in the future, a group of space marines (a blatant rip-off of "Aliens," obviously, but who cares at this point?) ends up battling the leprechaun we know so well from the previous three installments when they act as a security detail for a creepy doctor doing genetics research on another planet. Why the evil elf is now on another world wooing some blonde ditz who just happens to be an alien princess from a powerful kingdom is another matter and one I refuse to discuss in any detail. The squad of celestial jarheads includes a sergeant with a bizarre, transparent plate in his head and Debbe Dunning in the "I'matoughchickdon'tmesswithme" role that has been done to death in recent years. Along for the ride is a super hot blonde scientist, yet another cliché beaten into the ground in countless movies. This scientist, who I will call Dr. Tina Reeves because that's her name, banters arthritically with a hunky marine because the two must hook up at some point during the movie and they cannot do so if they get along initially. Another cliché. This movie is absolutely bursting at the seams with clichés. It's as though the screenwriter took a bottle of white out, splashed it over selected parts of an "Alien" movie script, and typed some junk over the top of it. The trite screenplay continues to plumb the depths of rip-off when we meet the rest of the marines, all of them carbon copies of characters we've seen a million times in other movies. Even the weird doctor with a German accent who turns out to be a cheesy half human/half robot character was so formulaic that I thought about filing a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Strangelove. The arrival of the leprechaun, still played by Warwick Davis, fails to salvage any part of this film because the little man is always saddled with an annoyingly terrible actress playing an evil space princess. The plot has the two planning to marry and take over planets, or some such nonsense, making for a very dull and lifeless jaunt through the confines of the spaceship as the leprechaun and the marines attack each other. At one point, the gruff, manly sergeant turns up for a bump and grind number in drag. This scene is so painful to watch that I am embarrassed to even write about it in a review. I recognize actors will do almost anything in a film because it is usually better than getting a real job, but this is just pure agony on a level rarely imagined. Fortunately, most of these cookie cutter characters die in painful ways: someone gets chewed up by flesh eating bacteria, a crotch explodes, someone takes a dive off of a platform, and a mutated spider/scorpion/German doctor creature chews up a few other people. The scenes with this horrible monstrosity provide the only admirable trait this movie possesses, and even then it fails because we only see the scorpion type beastie in the final moments of the movie. Be sure and pay attention to the atrocious special effects used on the exterior shots of the space ship. Who did the graphics work in this film? The guy who invented Pong? "Leprechaun 4" is one of the worst pictures I have seen in at least a week. At least this movie still has Warwick Davis doing his shtick as the icky sprite. Unfortunately, the overwhelming amount of awfulness in the movie significantly dilutes his effectiveness. As far as the DVD goes, it is the usual Trimark "Leprechaun" release, with a few trailers and a good picture transfer. Even diehard "Leprechaun" fans, which I am not even though I recently watched all five entries in the franchise, should stay away from this blasphemy. I would recommend "Leprechaun 5" over this turkey any day, and that is really saying something. Only the steeliest of souls should imbibe from the well that is "Leprechaun 4;" I beg, I beseech, I implore all other viewers to stay far, far, away!
Rating:
Summary: Oh the Humanity!
Review: "Leprechaun 4" is the type of film that only the most learned, metaphysically hardy individuals should watch. As I sat in my easy chair, buffeted by the splendorous emanations pouring out of the television screen and speakers, I pondered whether my mind could handle the multifaceted plot, canyon deep characters, whipsaw fast pacing, and dialogue that surely issued from the mouth of that most benevolent deity watching over each and every one of us from his throne in the stars. Seriously, I am just funning around. We all know, as anyone who has sacrificed ninety minutes of his or her life to watch this dullsville production knows, that this movie reeks to high heaven. "Leprechaun 4" boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. Why doesn't "Leprechaun 4" work in any way, shape, or form? Because it boasts Debbe Dunning, a group of space marines, and the actor who played that geeky guy in "Bachelor Party," the one with the huge glasses that lined up the female entertainment for the Tom Hanks character's hotel bash. "Leprechaun 4" ought to come with a syringe full of Thorazine because that's the only way anyone will get through this one without significant mental scarring. At some point in the future, a group of space marines (a blatant rip-off of "Aliens," obviously, but who cares at this point?) ends up battling the leprechaun we know so well from the previous three installments when they act as a security detail for a creepy doctor doing genetics research on another planet. Why the evil elf is now on another world wooing some blonde ditz who just happens to be an alien princess from a powerful kingdom is another matter and one I refuse to discuss in any detail. The squad of celestial jarheads includes a sergeant with a bizarre, transparent plate in his head and Debbe Dunning in the "I'matoughchickdon'tmesswithme" role that has been done to death in recent years. Along for the ride is a super hot blonde scientist, yet another cliché beaten into the ground in countless movies. This scientist, who I will call Dr. Tina Reeves because that's her name, banters arthritically with a hunky marine because the two must hook up at some point during the movie and they cannot do so if they get along initially. Another cliché. This movie is absolutely bursting at the seams with clichés. It's as though the screenwriter took a bottle of white out, splashed it over selected parts of an "Alien" movie script, and typed some junk over the top of it. The trite screenplay continues to plumb the depths of rip-off when we meet the rest of the marines, all of them carbon copies of characters we've seen a million times in other movies. Even the weird doctor with a German accent who turns out to be a cheesy half human/half robot character was so formulaic that I thought about filing a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Strangelove. The arrival of the leprechaun, still played by Warwick Davis, fails to salvage any part of this film because the little man is always saddled with an annoyingly terrible actress playing an evil space princess. The plot has the two planning to marry and take over planets, or some such nonsense, making for a very dull and lifeless jaunt through the confines of the spaceship as the leprechaun and the marines attack each other. At one point, the gruff, manly sergeant turns up for a bump and grind number in drag. This scene is so painful to watch that I am embarrassed to even write about it in a review. I recognize actors will do almost anything in a film because it is usually better than getting a real job, but this is just pure agony on a level rarely imagined. Fortunately, most of these cookie cutter characters die in painful ways: someone gets chewed up by flesh eating bacteria, a crotch explodes, someone takes a dive off of a platform, and a mutated spider/scorpion/German doctor creature chews up a few other people. The scenes with this horrible monstrosity provide the only admirable trait this movie possesses, and even then it fails because we only see the scorpion type beastie in the final moments of the movie. Be sure and pay attention to the atrocious special effects used on the exterior shots of the space ship. Who did the graphics work in this film? The guy who invented Pong? "Leprechaun 4" is one of the worst pictures I have seen in at least a week. At least this movie still has Warwick Davis doing his shtick as the icky sprite. Unfortunately, the overwhelming amount of awfulness in the movie significantly dilutes his effectiveness. As far as the DVD goes, it is the usual Trimark "Leprechaun" release, with a few trailers and a good picture transfer. Even diehard "Leprechaun" fans, which I am not even though I recently watched all five entries in the franchise, should stay away from this blasphemy. I would recommend "Leprechaun 5" over this turkey any day, and that is really saying something. Only the steeliest of souls should imbibe from the well that is "Leprechaun 4;" I beg, I beseech, I implore all other viewers to stay far, far, away!
Rating: 
Summary: Funny, but VERY Cheezy
Review: ...green cheeze that is, for here the Leprechaun goes on a rampage in space, and what a cosmic killing it is! While this Leprechaun film is the cheeziest of the five, it has some very funny moments- like when the mad doctor laughs at the little green 'monster', and then turns into a true 'Scorpion King'! You'll have to see it to believe it!
Rating:
Summary: This sucked, the first one is better
Review: Can you say retarted?? First he was in a small town, then he went to vegas, now he's in space, where is it going to be next?
Rating:
Summary: I couldn't sit through it.
Review: I admit it. I enjoy bad horror movies. Not just bad, but -really- bad. I was surprised that even I couldn't sit through this one. The plot made no sense (what the hell was he doing in space anyway?) and everything about it was just plain dumb.
Rating: 
Summary: Dull
Review: I'm a huge fan of these cheezy, low budget sci-fi films, but this one falls short even by my low standards. Our leprechaun pal is trying to get a princess to marry him, so that he can take over her kindgom, but a group of Marines storms in and blasts him to bits. He, well, how to describe it...he "accompanies" them onboard their spaceship, and comes back to life. Then he proceeds to kill them off. I would have really enjoyed this film if it had a tongue-in-cheek sort of humor to it, but instead it often tries to be an outright comedy, especially when it comes to the 10% human / 90% robot doctor and his silly sidekick. This really destroys the mood and ruins what normally attracts me to these sort of films. The movie's got a lot of good things about it, and it could have been a great grade B flick, if not for the fact that the humor is too over-the-top. It would have been better with more gory death scenes and more T&A, but there's very little of either. The female marine is really sexy in her disco dancing scene, but that's extremely short.
Rating: 
Summary: For those who appreciate finer movies
Review: I'm tired of all the senseless and downright mean Leprechaun bashing. This is a wonderful movie. It has everything that makes good horror flicks. Nudity? check. Decent Body Count? check. A manical villian with a good sense of humor? Double check. When the Leprechaun is reborn from a soldier's penis, you know this is going to be a rock'un sock'um movie. The sub-plots are well thought out, and the movie moves along at a breakneck pace when it needs to. The mad scientist who is all head and part washing machine is almost as evil as the Leprechaun himself. The heroine is a blond cutie who is in fact a 'biological engineer'. She doesn't go topless, buyt the monster rips her pants off in the end and all youcan say to yourself as she runs around in her leotard is "Damn! That's a close shave!" The Leprechaun is the real star though and he is here in all his splendor. He wants the princess (a blond bimbo who shows off her [***] for know reason during a speech that makes NO sense), his gold, and well...that's about it. You can't keep a good man down though. When you got a guy like Leprechaun on the screen pulling the strings, you know you're in for a [***] of a ride. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Mindless and Low-Budget
Review: In all honesty, I love the leprechaun movies. The first was so funny and Jennifer Aniston was a riot. But this movie was terrible. It probobly had the lowest budget of the 5. The sets were stupid and unrealistic and the acting was terrible. Especially be Rebecca Carlton, the princess. This movie was also really not well written and had no clever death scenes at all. The movie was simply pointless and oh yeh, the special effects... were even worse. Avoid this movie at all costs...
Rating: 
Summary: Leprechaun IV: In Space
Review: In the 4th installment, the Leprechaun is holding a princess hostage in Space, asking her to marry him so he can one day become king of the galaxy they're in. His plans are cut short when Earth Marines show up and blow him up. Unfortunately, he stows away on the ship. The marines, who's contracts ended at Midnight, agree with the commander, Dr.Mittenhand, to find the Leprechaun and kill it. In return, they're paid 100 times what they're being paid now and they get 3% of the gross of everything they bring out of the ship. However, they learn they have to use their brains(What Brains?)to fight it. Overall, this film is actually pretty enjoyable and probably the best of the sequels. Why do I find it so good? Okay, so obviously the script is horrible, the dialouge is ridiculous and most of the acting is plain old ridiculous. Warwick Davis once more shines as the Leprechaun while Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. gives a good performance as Sticks. But why do I like it? It's so ... stupid that it's ... hilarous!! While we don't really know exactly how he got into space in the first place, we don't really care since none of the other sequels or Pt.5 seem to acknowledge any of the previous films. Some of the scenes I didn't like that much. First off, I nearly barfed when I saw that Mittenhand-Spider-Scorpion thing the first time. That is so nasty-looking,but it does seem to be exactly what the doctor ordered it to look like. But I don't quite get why it made some webs like normal spiders, but also made webs of Flesh. The scene where the Sarge appears in a Dress was totally unexpected. I remember when I first saw him come out, I was like what is that? And then, when I realized who it was, I was more shocked than Brooks or Sticks. I was like What the Hell?
But, I could see why they did it. It was hilarious. There's always some kind of enjoyment of seeing guys cross-dressing because it's funny. Later, I excepted it to be a classic scene. A bit weird(At least they didn't have him wear fake boobs or see up the dress), but the funniest scene in the Leprechaun franchise. Overall, I would definetley recommend this film. It might not be the greatest horror film ever made, but it's still very enjoyable to just laugh at the dialouge, the acting and the special effects.
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Summary: Aliens for everybody
Review: In the future of man kind, the leprechaun has become something of a threat to human existence. He hijacks a space craft to catch a spoiled princess and kill some dumb jocks with guns. Their only hope is the ship's female doctor and any member of the crew with a brain. Starts off well for a space movie with a refreshingly calm performance by the leprechaun. But the whole film goes to hell fast as it fails to use anything new to keep our attention focused. The viewer is left pretty happy to see it end.
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