CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Platypuschow This early 80's lighthearted scifi is going to win no awards for, well anything but certainly does have its qualities.Starring Robert "Revenge Of The Nerds" Carradine this early 80's scifi effort tells the story of a girl who begins to hear ominous noises coming from a supposedly abandoned military base. With her boyfriend in tow they go investigating and find more than they ever could have expected.Though extremely dated the film is interesting enough to keep a viewers attention but has severe pacing issues and the ending is highly predictable and underwhelming.I was just waiting for Carradine to deliver his trademark laugh and always find myself struggling to take him seriously despite him being a terrific actor.Wavelength is a decent enough effort but hardly original.The Good: Robert Carradine Well made The Bad: Very dated Pacing issuesWeak finale Things I Learnt From This Movie: Naked children make me very uncomfortable If Carradine had played his Revenge Of The Nerds character this film would have been brilliantIn every single movie the governments reaction to aliens is exactly how I'd imagine they'd react in real life

texasarcane Tangerine Dream soundtrack, as always, leaves the movie feeling dreamy and surreal.One of the few films about secret alien bases and experiments that is watchable. The acting and dialogue is top notch. Keenan Wynn makes an appearance and is excellent as usual.The film all feels like it takes place in a single night and into the following day. It blends together many different science fiction motifs fairly well and tries hard on a small budget to be convincing. It's nice to watch a movie that isn't dumbed down.Seems to be a kind of holdout from the seventies psychedelic head flicks in some ways. It has that reformed hippie quality about it.

somairot616 Forget about reverse E.T. or whatever that other comment was "trying" to tell you. Whether you think this movie is Good or Bad Cherie Currie is Great. She was great in the Runaways. She was Great in EVERY movie she was in and she's still great in her singing career now. ROCK ON CHERIE YOU'RE THE BEST

johnmorghen After viewing this film for the first time (and with an open mind), I feel the need to defend it against the general naysayers who condemn it, claiming that it is nothing but a rip-off. Unfortunately, this film has just about been buried by several bad reviews, and the fact that "E.T." was released just prior to this film, didn't help it, either.The fact is, it's nearly 20 years down the line, and people are still comparing it to "E.T.". I certainly don't feel that this is a rip-off of "E.T.", nor do I feel that it bears much resemblance. It may be true that this film was made with the intent to cash in on the alien/science-fiction trend of that period, but then again, when doesn't that happen in Hollywood? If we are going to compare films about extra-terrestrials, then this one ranks more closely to Steven Spielberg's earlier accomplishment, "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND".Overall, I enjoyed this film. Robert Carradine and Cherrie Currie (of The Runaways fame) turn in some solid performances, which rise above most films of this caliber. Keenan Wynn, reprising his usual stubborn old man role, is always worth watching. Tangerine Dream provides the music for the film, and as usual, their score is especially effective, and works best in the most critical areas.One has to appreciate the intelligence that the film has, which clearly indicates that this was not just another "hatchet-job" rushed effort, that some would suspect.The end result is, by no means, tremendous. But, this film is extremely underrated, and is at the very least, worthwhile entertainment.If you get a chance, give it a shot.