the design of the spiders was genius because when the opened their mouths you can see the heat billowing out of them. This is a great B movie, with all the characteristics of what made the B movies of the 1950's such Saturday afternoon fun. If you did then that's surprising. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. "Steve Guttenberg Vs. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The great Steve Guttenburg and cast of police academy sending themselves up perfectly against an army of lava filled cgi tarantulas that are scary and funny in equal measure. Having said all this, let me say a few things about this 'movie": Number one, the FX was similar to an Atari game, the acting was like watching your daughter's third grade play, and the script was about as smart as the average American these days, dull and stupid. May not be a 'great' movie, but still manages to be good fun. I saw this had decent reviews so I gave it a shot and it was not bad. The plot is silly and not critical to the enjoyment of the feature. Nia Peeples plays his wife, and when she goes mano-a-mano with the lava dripping spiders, it is a great parody. But this movie knew it was going to be bad so they intentionally made it bad but it ended up being funny. There is TV news reporting intermittent during the movie, and they report that Los Angeleans are going about their business as normal during all the chaos. | Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019, I thought this movie was gonna be as bad as other cheesy B grade movies but it surprisingly really good. The joy is that no one took their character seriously. It took me awhile to place Marty (Michael Winslow) as the same actor that played the cop in Police Academy and made all those crazy sound effects with his voice. There is TV news reporting intermittent during the movie, and they report that Los Angeleans are going about their business as normal during all the chaos. Viva Hollywood! Director and editor Mike Mendez (The Gravedancers (2006), Tales of Halloween (2015), Big a** Spider! ", Ludicrous and idiotic but extremely entertaining. I love arachnids and i love movies about giant Spiders, BUT fire breathing lava spiders!?!?!? And he's not alone from that movie, also there are some other "stars" who do have their moment. If there is a thing to nitpick it is that his son found that CO2 killed the spiders, but when the got to the final battle, they kept referring to liquid nitrogen, and cylinders labeled liquid nitrogen could not be. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The CGI on the spiders is actually pretty decent, but all the rest of the CGI effects were poorly realized. I totally ripped off the first part of this review! They should have simply kept with the CO2 fire extinguishers, which were actually a lot of the cylinders. Nia Peeples is somewhere between amazing and spectacular. It doesn't matter if you could have made better special effects in your basement, this movie is actually pretty good. Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2020. The cast is excellent, the spiders sufficiently scary, but the true star is Tongue in Cheek. If there is a thing to nitpick it is that his son found that CO2 killed the spiders, but when the got to the final battle, they kept referring to liquid nitrogen, and cylinders labeled liquid nitrogen could not be. Total goofy fun to watch, like Police Academy was in its day. If I were the CEO of one of the sponsors, I'd fire my VP of Creative Development. External Reviews 80's icon Steve Guttenberg lights up the screen in this epic film. Also seeing the cast members from Police Academy flicks was nostalgic. Although the story isn't good, logic is weird. A sequel is in development. The joy is that no one took their character seriously. | The special effects were actually decent and so much of the movie was tongue in cheek. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Plenty of CGI here, pretty cheap looking but I have seen far worse. the design of the spiders was genius because when the opened their mouths you can see the heat billowing out of them. Co-star Nia Peeples is required to do little more than show off her cleavage in every single scene she appears in, but it's Guttenberg's low-rent action man heroics that see this one through. Nia Peeples plays his wife and supplies the eye candy. I enjoyed the varied cast off characters. Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019. I gave the obligatory eye roll when I saw the title. Of course he hadn’t read the script to know. It finally clicked when he did the same kind of voice sounds effects in this flick. This pays tribute and pokes fun at giant creature features like "Sharknado" and Guttenberg is great in it as usual. Folks who don't live in Southern California don't realize how taken for granted the movie industry is. You know what you're in for and you get exactly what you expect. I knew it was garbage but I had to watch it and it was hilarious because all the Los Angeles references that you will only understand if you were born and raised in Los Angeles. It finally clicked when he did the same kind of voice sounds effects in this flick. Letting the special effects folks be heroes -- how is that not just like REAL moviemaking? You can still see all customer reviews for the product. A B movie that pretends to be nothing more. The plot, dialog, acting, special effects, etc. I was fearing the worst with this SyFy channel film and surprisingly ended up enjoying it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Noah Hunt and Patrick Renna star in this 2015 sci-fi action film. Michael Winslow from Police Academy is here, doing his sound effects thing. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I really enjoyed this strongly tongue-in-cheek comedy, Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2017. are all intentionally corny and over-the-top for humor. I tuned in to see my young friend, Diana Hopper (Jordan) on screen. Did they expect a new 'INDEPENDENCE DAY' or what? | The only nice thing I can say is that I did not have to pay or go anywhere to see this "moive". This movie was made to make fun of itself plus so much from the old Police Academy movies. Said star is none other than a barely recognisable Steve Guttenberg, giving the usual tongue in cheek performance and teaming up with cameoing POLICE ACADEMY stars Michael Winslow and Marion Ramsey at one point.

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