Mindwarp
May. 25,1992 RRevolting mutants hunt human outcasts and underground fighters (Bruce Campbell, Marta Alicia) in a future world of mind control.
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Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
I thought this was a very well done movie. IT is very trippy. The acting from the supporting characters were eh, but the acting chops of both Bruce Campbell and Angus Scrimm were awesome. The movie takes place in I think they called it INworld where the rich and fortunate live and the outworld I guess? Any way the desert is very mad maxish.Who wouldn't like a WTF movie every once in a while, the ending especially is weird. You never know when the lead character is dreaming or what is real. The makeup is very good and the story is not that bad for Fangoria Magazine's first try. It is a very fun movie to watch, Bruce Campbell is excellent.
I never heard of that movie before. The fact that Bruce Campbell starred in it was also pretty shocking. And yes in fact it was a B-Movie. But I have to admit they used this low budget pretty well. The story is quite nice although the ending will probably confuse you. The main feeling is some kind of mixture between despair and being afraid, it's pretty brutal and heartless. The acting was good although the dialogs were a little too cheesy. Whoever made this flick had some nice ideas. And if you like post apocalyptic movies - this is one you shouldn't miss because it's really one of them better ones. Yeah just give it a try if you like cheesy B-Movie stuff like that.
Although not really having "enjoyed" Mindwarp, I must admit it's a fairly competent movie with a handful of disturbing images and a whole lot of blood-spurting gore. The popular genre magazine Fangoria raised the necessary funds for this film and they pretty much know what their target audiences adore as well as whom they like to see in horror films. So we've got a story with some really dark topics and two respectable icons starring in important supportive roles. I'm sure many horror fans would blindly pick up a copy of "Mindwarp" only because the names of Bruce Campbell ("the Evil Dead") and Angus Scrimm ("Phantasm") are displayed on the cover. Unfortunately, however, the script is weak and very incoherent and it too often feels like the outrageously nasty gore was only put in to compensate for the lack of content. Somewhere deep into the 21st century, our planet has become a completely uninhabitable wasteland and the remaining humans live in underground rooms where their days are filled with mind-controlling computer games that induce personal fantasies. Judy rebels against this dull way of life and she's promptly exiled to the dangerous upland, where she teams up with solo-warrior Strover (Bruce Campbell) and battles a community of mutated cannibalistic creatures. The opening sequences involving hi-tech computer mumbo-jumbo are boring, confusing and pretentious and the film only becomes somewhat interesting as soon as we're in the uncanny post-apocalyptic surface settings. The Crawler's liar is creepy and sinister, and their leader (Angus Scrimm) has some gruesome hobbies like gouging people's eyes out and throwing the rest of their bodies into propellers. Nice. One-time-actress Marta Alicia doesn't bring her lines very convincing, but she sure has an athletic body and at least she had some quality time with the almighty Bruce Campbell. Good for her! "Mindwarp" is okay entertainment, but if you're looking for really good post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi movies, check out the "Mad Max" trilogy, "Damnation Alley" or "Hardware".
I write reviews under the nickname of Gorehound-1, but I also write reviews under the nickname of ~PL~. My reviews, as Gorehound-1, are there to give hints to gore fans, to help them in their choices for viewing or buying a gore movie. I advise you that I am a very strong stomach, and it's almost impossible to gross me out. My ratings are a mark between 0 and 10 for the gore (its quality and amount), the violence, the sadism, and the brutality.(Spoilers warning)Gore quality 7/10: It has nice gore effects, I admit it. Even when a guy is shot with a crossbow, you see the arrow piercing the flesh and blood and organs spurt out of the wound. The gore is good, but still, it's not memorable, sometimes we don't clearly see it. Also, there's not a huge emphasis put on the gore scenes...the editing is too fast at times, so we don't clearly understand what just happened...Gore amount 6/10: Even though it has its quantity of gore scenes, they are not lenghty enough or graphic enough to really satisfy a gorehound with high needs. It has about 10 scenes of violence that show more or less briefly gore. That's it.Violence 7/10: Many people are killed, or simply hit and beaten. There is plenty of violent scenes, but again, it's more violence than gore.Sadism 2/10: Not much of it, except a brief torture scene.Brutality 6/10: People are hit with many objects, some death scenes are pretty brutal too.Gore film to rent 5/10: For the gore factor, you'll find better. But if you're looking for a stupid, low-budget, sci-fi, futuristic, quite boring movie with Bruce Campbell, well, this might be for you. Otherwise, even a renting could be deceiving.Gore film to buy 3/10: Except if you find it used in a video store for less than three bucks, this could be an okay buy, but other than that, forget this. There is not enough gore for a real gorehound...even Predator (with Schwartie) is gorier than that.MPAA says: Rated R for horror violence and gore.GH1 says: should be Rated R for strong violence and gore, brief sexual content and some language.