Review – Masters of the Universe

By the power of Grayskull! If I had the power, I would banish this turkey pot pie of a movie to another dimension. Further, I’m willing to bet that most of the cast (including Dolph Lundgren as He-Man, Frank Langela as Skeletor, and even a then-unknown Courtney Cox as the teen love interest) would gladly chip in for whatever incidental expenses we encountered along the way to committing this stinker to oblivion. The sad part is that if they’d stuck with the straight fantasy stuff, this might not have been as terrible as it turned out to be; at least it wouldn’t have been much worse than the wretched kiddie show upon which the whole shebang was based. But by the time they’ve tossed in dimension-hopping to Earth in the 1980s – complete with empty-headed 80s-era teenagers (and they’re the heroes) – well, it’s just too much stupid for one flick. The effects are okay for the era, but even this high point pales in comparison to much that came later. If you have antsy and easily-amused pre-teens on your hands, this might shut them up for at least a little while. Then again, it might not. See if desperate