Saturday, September 26, 2009

Movies

Space Truckers (1996) Dennis Hopper is a trucker, but in space, stuck with a cargo of biomechanical super-soldiers. Creditable effort to consistently depict technological compensations for, and effects of, zero gravity. Extremely imaginative ideas and production design - they did not scrimp on props and sets. The plot, however, is an empty framework on which to hang fights and explosions, which I ultimately found rather tiresome. A tongue-in-cheek sci-fi action pic in the grand tradition of Ice Pirates and Galaxina, all form and no content, leaving little residue. 6/10