For a talented cast and a premise rich in possibility, it’s remarkable that everything seems so forced and contrived.

Campy sports classic with an amazing cast.  Features everything about 1979 that would seem bizarre today.

Great fun. Highlights how bad others in the same genre have been lately.

Sci-fi that doesn’t quite live up to its potential.

Okay.

Nearly every attempt at humor is cringe-worthy, but the story is never uninteresting, and some good performances were turned in.

Basic badly-paced action flick.  Contains just enough surprises to justify its creation.  Also, Dwayne Johnson with Scott Stapp’s old hair.

Good characters, good milieu, exciting story. Hard to screw up.

Ruined the formula with cash and bad testing.

Could have used someone on set (and in the writing or editing room) whose sole job was to say ‘no’ a lot.