Sunday, September 13, 2009

Movies

The Time Guardian (1987) Ambitious low-budget Australian Sci Fi action, pitting a time-traveling domed city of the future against red-eyed devil-robot suits with gurgling blobmen inside. The film is greatly enhanced early on by a bra-less blonde geologist, and Carrie Fisher in an anatomically correct molded breastplate that looks more like body paint. Fisher doesn't have much else to do in the film after that - most of the acting duties are handled by untalented amateurs. The soundtrack is a classic '80s one-man synth job, and a good piece of the budget must have gone into blowing up that gas station. I am puzzled that they gave the editor first credit after the four lead actors, since the editing was noticeably unskillful. Directed by the guy who wrote the second Mad Max film. 4/10