Aside from an excess of animal killing (graphic pig death and snake death), this isn’t a bad representative of the sci-fi action genre. Mind you, it’s not a good representative, either. The effects are sort of cheap, and script is a bit on the weak side. The basic premise (a standard tale about humans bred to be military automatons, and how sad it is when they become obsolete) is tried and true, but the execution falls a little short. For example, the bulk of the action takes place on a planet that serves as sort of an intergalactic garbage dump. Why such a thing should be necessary is never explained, nor is it quite clear why a planet with an oxygen-rich atmosphere should be selected for such a role. And then when Kurt Russell, our cast-off superman, gets dumped on the Planet of the Refuse, it turns out that there’s a whole colony of people already living there. Believe it or not, it gets even dumber from there. But the action sequences aren’t too bad, almost good enough to sustain it if you’re in the mood for a bit of no-brain entertainment. Mildly amusing
[Note: for at least a little fun with this one, keep an eye out for a data screen profiling Russell’s character. Some of the info includes in-joke references to the actor’s roles in Escape from New York and The Thing.]
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