Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

farcryfolk I noticed a few bad reviews. One person said it was the Citizen Kane of bad movies. Seriously? This is hardly the worst movie, but I guess that might all depend on how life was affecting that person at that time. I mean their girlfriend or boyfriend might have left them and this movie might have been playing on the television as all that went down. SO I can understand that it may have been guilt by association. If this is a bad movie then I know what a guilty pleasure is now. I thought it had a nice charm to it overall. It was a decent plot. The leads all had personality. I thought the cute romance had some chemistry. Matter of fact, although its not the Breakfast Club of teen interpretation, I knew all these kids in high school. There was a Fisher Stevens character and I knew a Harlan type as well. It has a humor that is winning to it, especially the Fisher Stevens character. Of course it always comes down to a matter of taste. But when I saw this movie went down as one of the worst movies I had to champion it. To me whoever made it seemed to have a bit of love in their heart for it. Its a personal favorite for that reason. I must have seen this movie three times in the theatre. Granted its not the Godfather, or Close Encounters, or 2001 caliber. But the movie is well made with great special effects for the time. Its on youtube free. GIve it a chance if you don't have high expectations, or even if you do. With so much respect, the person who said this was the Citizen Kane of bad movies needs to see more movies. Gotta say, loved it. This movie has a small following. I hate to see myself as a follower, but just watched it recently and it holds up great. I hated the 80s. It may be nostalgia, but this is a fond memory from that time. Sure its mindless. But it sure is fun.

Manu Delmarche It all started good with an alien craft crash, military "cover up" and the typical American high schools clichés. The jock needs to find a science project really quick to graduate, there are 2 nerds and the crazy science professor.But then it fell apart.The president requests his military scientists to destroy a crashed alien craft. WTF?"I need a science project. Oh wait, I am going to break into to a military junkyard and find something." What a clever and sound idea!For your reading pleasure, here's a non comprehensive list of "hows" and "whys":Why the hell are the characters plugging the alien device to a battery for where nothing obvious gives them any clue to do so? Why choose to detonate an electric pylon (and black out the city) after stealing dynamite when you can simply cut the power at the fuse box? Why is the nerd able to fight like Chuck Norris? How are these kids used to M16 and their grenade launcher. Why is the main character using the grenade launcher against the dinosaur in last resort (perhaps he was not used to it after all :-))? How can they defeat a gladiator with their bare hands? How can they steal a police car so easily (with a shotgun inside). Why are the M16 fitted with unlimited ammos? Why are the viet congs armed with M16s?How can the GTO be faster than the speed of light? It overtakes the electric surge on the wires so that they can tape the dynamite on the pylon and then set it off. When a car is at maximum revs in top gear, activating boost will only destroy the drive train and/or the engine. It won't go any faster. Why is the car breaking down because of the alien device when they are on the road and why can it be fixed in the garage when the alien device is right next to it?The list of "hows" and "whys" goes on and on... I don't even want to address the little prick played by Fisher Stevens. Sighs...A waste of time unless you want to laugh at all nonsensical stuff that's packed in 1 hour 30 minutes or unless you want to see the "hows" and "whys" for yourself.

KADC Whenever I watch a terrible movie I always wonder why the cast and crew don't collectively yell "CUT!!!" and tell the director, "That makes no sense whatsoever, perhaps a bit of a rewrite is in order before we kill anymore braincells." The worst that could happen is they are fired, saving them the disgrace of being associated with such a disaster.This movie had reasonably good actors and a reasonably good budget which allowed for special effects reminiscent of "Ghost Busters", but the writing -- oh, the abysmal writing -- is so bad I have to question the intelligence of the script writer.Oftentimes a good director can still salvage something worthwhile with even the worst script to work with, but unfortunately in this case the director is the writer, and though he passably directs the movie, he clearly believes too strongly in the plausibility of his own script, forcing the cast to seriously deliver lines that should only be said with tongue in cheek.This movie would be an excellent candidate for a remake, missing only a bit of self-effacing humour to turn it into an excellent science fiction comedy. As it stands, I recommend only watching it if you are high. Very, very high.

mikebro_1 I've seen this movie several times and actually enjoyed the movie. John Stockwell plays the lead roll of a 80's car crazy High Schooler who is fighting the clock to come up with a project for his science class or he will fail. So he breaks into in Air Force Bone yard base full of old aircraft and accidentally stumbles into a underground bunker where he finds some sort of alien drive device and here the fun begins. His side kick Vince played by Fisher Stevens (who is hilarious) girl friend Ellie played by Daniellie Von Zemeck and Librarian geek Sherman (Mr. Peabody's gofer?) played by Raphael Sbarge are all Drawn into a none stop adventure of time travel, police investigation and teenage problems. This is definitely a 80's special affects movie for sure but still brings the plot across enough to get by. Dennis Hopper as the 60's radical turned laughing gas sucking science teacher was enjoyable to watch if your a hopper fan. On a scale of 1-10 I give movie this an 8.