Did you people see the same film I saw?

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

A B-movie hybrid of sci-fi and Western. It feels like the latest of all '80s movies, and it could have played nicely on USA Up All Night. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be one of the better movies to play on that program. It has a couple of things going for it, but mostly it's lame. It has no story and no energy, and after about a half an hour, it starts to feel interminable. The leads are mostly unknowns, and are fairly uninteresting. It has a few recognizable supporting actors, like George Takei, Julie Newmar and Isaac Hayes. Takei and Newmar are just there to deliver awful jokes in the form of Star Trek and Batman references. Thankfully, Hayes spares us from any Shaft references. The humor is generally awful. Whenever it tries to be funny, it flops to the ground. I did enjoy the costume and character design. The bad guy in particular looks great. Okay, very cheesy, but the film does know what it is. And I loved the undertaker, named Gaunt (Carel Struycken), who is basically a reference to The Seventh Seal. And, while not a good actress, Musetta Vander is gorgeous as the villain's henchwoman/girlfriend. They made a sequel to this film which is a bit higher rated on IMDb. I won't be seeking it out, though.

This film contains no exploding golfcarts, no people falling over railings (two at a time), no diabolical laughter, and no stock footage from BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA. Unlike SPACE MUTINY, which was just plain annoying, OBLIVION was an entertaining piece of cinematic garbage with enough cheesy dialog and one liners that enable it to stand on its own, even without the help of Mike and his MST3K robot friends. Also, unlike SPACE MUTINY, it's a lot more fun than shoveling raw sewage.Give this one a chance.Rating: *** out of *****

Fun-tastic sf-western, full of gags, thanks to a sassy script from Peter David: the son of a great marshall of the law is forced against his will to take the star from the deceased father and fight against a bunch of criminals, lead by a lizardman call Red-Eye. I think this is the only movie where you may find a Wishmaster, a Catwoman, a Sulu, a Lurch...

This movie's plot line turns itself around in so many circles it ends up making no sense. There is not enough action to keep you watching and most of it is just too fake. The writers of this film didn't even have a good idea.