Forensic Science Movie Reviews

Excellent movie showing you how fragile life was in prehistoric times! A small group of cavemen are on a quest to discover fire (obtain it form another clan/tribe). Along the way they must fight wildlife, cannibals, warring tribes and others!

Very realistic and with a few moments of good humor! Much more authentic then many caveman movies where everyone is dressed in clean furs and well fed! A must see!

"Quest for Fire" is set 80,000 years ago, at the dawn of man. A tribe's fire is extinguished, so they send three of their bravest warriors to find another source of fire and bring it back. Along the way they have many adventures with cannibal tribes, lions, mammoths, bears, and must brave the elements. Along the way they find a female, which it takes little time to get attached to her. There is no dialog or even subtitles. Only grunts that almost sound like words ("OME! or "NO"). most of plot points depends on broad body language, much like mimes. The violence is not graceful; it is savage and brutal, with clubs, stones, rapes and animal maulings. This is possably what life was like in the stone age before man figured out how to make fire. This is not for children, but it is interesting for adults.

I would give this movie three and a half stars maybe four stars because it is excellent, although the historicity in it is pretty fragile now it was up to date twenty years ago. I give the DVD five because this is truly a DVD par excellance. The commentaries alone are worth buying this DVD.

The movie itself is not at all politically correct, which I appreciate, too often we wish to impose modern morals and social behaviour on the ancient world, as one sees in Clan of the Cave Bear. Not here, this film tackles clanwars, cannibalism, rape, sexuality, and even alcoholism. The one thing that did surprise me was that apparently the main characters, the Ulum tribe, were not supposed to be neanderthals, even though (based on modern understanding of neanderthals) their social behaviour was very much like the neanderthals' and was totally unlike archaic homo sapiens. However, this movie functions very well in familliarizing modern man with the totally alien world of our ancient ancestors.

Now for the DVD special features. The special features are what really set this DVD apart. Through the director commentary, and also a commentary with the exec. producer and a couple actors one really gets a sense of what a harrowing project this film was to make for all involved. From shooting in the remotest wilderness, to training animals, to working under the harshest conditions imageinable from neckdeep in frozen water in Canada to barefoot on 140 degree rocks in the middle of Africa, this movie must have been as hard to act through as life must have been for our ancient ancestors. Ron Perlman, in part of his commentary mentions that he still feels the frostbite he got while shooting this movie every time it gets cold. The special features really are brilliant and they will give you a much deeper appreciation of the movie you are watching.

A Classic MST3K right from the start! We all know of Tom Servo's huge ego, but when Crow paints him entirely pink, all Servo can do is admire his "nakedness" in a mirror and sing "I'm just maaad about the boy!" Until Joel and Crow pop his balloon by reminding him that he has no legs and his arm's dont work!

The short, "Truck Farming" reminds us how greatful the Mexicans are to come across the border to harvest our delicios carrots so young white people up North can receive their proper nutrition in winter! Plenty of 'bot cannon fodder here! It gives plenty of incentive for children to bend and stoop for a living!

The main movie is an example of Doctor Spock psychoanalysis, but set in the World War 11 generation, and they even attempted to make it a musical! Sure, the father is wooden and the mother is a Honky Tonk lush, but the son's problems do not rise out of that, they rise out of his constant LYING, LYING, LYING! and sheer stupidity! As the "mobile" skit by Joel and the bots exemplify, all his excuses are tiny little things to that huge "STUPID" floating mobile that always interferes and blocks the view of the others!

THe bots do an excellent job in trashing all the stupid songs we have to endure in this stinkburger, and this movie envites all the commentary that can be vomited on it!

Get this one!

A very funny episode with Joel and the 'bots...A 25 year old "teenager" goes out of control and then blames all his problems on his parents,and what parents,they are the bottom of the heap.He meets a girl,they fall in love,he works for a shoe store and the mob,witnesses a murder,gets dumped by the girl,gets the mob mad,runs away,works in a diner and on and on....
This movie comes with the short film "Truck Farmers" which is pretty good too...Looks like something you may have seen in the 7th grade and fell asleep to...DDT is everywhere
If you want to laugh out loud and enjoy a fun time,get this film today...

This is an inspired and twisted MST3K episode, very worthy of immortalizing in DVD.

The episode starts with "The Truck Farmer", a short film claiming that Mexican farm laborers enjoy helping agro-business harvest their carrot crops. It looks and sounds so nice you almost expect the 11-year-old farm worker to look at the camera and beam a beautiful smile. "Her beauty will soon fade". It's surreal and depressing. And, as has been pointed out, there is not a truck to be seen in this piece of blatant agro-propaganda.

"I Accuse My Parents" is about Jimmy, the world's most dense up-and-coming shoe salesman. He falls for Kitty ("Meow), the moll of a local hood. Jimmy starts doing the hood helpful favors, such as carrying packages and the like. One thing leads to another, and...you know the rest Oh yeah, and Jimmy's mom shows up at school drunk.

Jimmy is ultimately framed, and is taken in by a kindly old short order cook with an obsession for hamburgers and ushering. Jimmy is arrested, and lectured by a 1940s Judge while his parents look on aghast.

It has to bee seen to be believed, but see it. It's one of the best. Note: the "kids" in this film are someone's great-grandparents now. Things don't really change.

I have seen "Creature From the Black Lagoon" many times,and I love it. I t is one of my favorite monster movies. For a person who loves old monster movies,this is certainly a good, fun movie to watch. I especially liked the gill man costume.I also liked seeing the beautiful Julia Adams with her beautiful hair all wet while swimming in the lagoon, she looked more beautiful in the bikini and wet,slicked back hair.Anybody who loves old monster movies,and Julia Adams,I recommend this movie

Nice to go back to a simpler time, a time that reminds you of being at the movies on Saturday afternoon in the 50s/60s. And if you can't remember that cos you weren't there, TOO BAD, haha. Cool to watch vet silent film star Antonio Moreno steal every scene he's in, including the one where he's just staring at Julie Adams as she's speaking; not to mention the other character actor who plays the owner of the ship, Nestor Paiva. The young ones have great bodies of course and the creature is magnificent if a little cheesy. It's hard to see anyone seriously reviewing the film considering it probably was meant to be slightly camp. Anyway, I love it!...

Creature from the Black Lagoon....few films have a name that nearly everyone in the U.S. hasn't heard of, or wouldn't recognize a small plastic figurine if they saw it, and with good reason.

This movie was cutting edge when it was made. It's production values were phenomenal, and the DVD is extraordinary.

The film follows a group of scientists exploring the untamed reaches of the Amazon. The find a secluded lagoon where they hope to find fossils of the 'gill man'. Well folks, they find more than the bargained for when a living gill man finds them, and decides they're not leaving the lagoon alive.

The actor who plays the gill man was apparently an olympic champion swimmer, and one scene in particular shows how great a swimmer he truly was. It has that 50's feel to it, so the drama is melodramatic at times, but that's part of the appeal of these old films.

When I bought this movie, it was part of a limited run to determine the films popularity. Because it wasn't advertised well, it didn't sell well, and I ended up getting it from a collector. Now that it's available mainstream, anyone who loves classic science fiction should get a copy of it. It's a classic alright. Get a copy today, before it's gone.

This is more a review of the box set. My room-mate has the 2disc box set (before JIII came out) and I have the DTS edition of Jurassic Park. The difference between the DTS 5.1 on mine and the Dolby Digital on his is astounding. Remember that Steven Spielberg pioneered DTS (Digital Theatre Sound) and this was the first movie to have it. Do yourself a favour if you have a home theatre system and make sure you buy these movies separately with the DTS track on them. It's unbelievable. And with Spielberg signing on to direct Jurassic Park IV and Michael Crichton possibly writing it I would suggest staying away from box sets for the most part unless, like Godfather, you can be sure another sequel is impossible.

The first Jurassic Park movie was and still is a state-of-the art classic that was many years ahead of it's time when released in 1993 and I have great memories of seeing it on the big screen all those years ago and it left behind a truly awesome legacy and is one of Spielberg's most inspired movies of his career. The series began in 1993 and ended in 2001 with "Jurassic Park III" Unfortunately, the legacy would gradually deteriorate with time with the latter two as this set demonstrates.

JURASSIC PARK (1993): This is one of the best movies that has ever been made in modern times. The movie is a story about a scientific endeavor of attempting to bring back the dinosaurs from extinction on a remote Island 120 miles from Costa Rica, using DNA that has been preserved in their fossils and from amber with a pre-historic mosquito trapped in it. They successfully bring a dinosaur into the world but the scientific experiment goes very wrong. A criminal (played by comic funnyman Wayne Knight), messes up the security system, causing it to malfunction and the result is carnivorous raptors and the ever feared Tyrannosaurus Rex are released into the wild and on a hungry rampage. From there it's a truly terrifying but absolutely fun ride as the family who arrived, now have to face off against and escape the bloody wrath of the carnivorous dinosaurs. This is an awesome movie and is an essential addition to one's movie collection. This is a spectacular work of art from Spielberg and company. Well done!

JURASSIC PARK II:THE LOST WORLD (1997): This second sequel is an enjoyable follow-up to the first one but in my opinion, it falls short of what the first one had established and doesn't break any new ground. This second sequel is about the dinosaurs thriving on the Island in the Pacific Ocean but somehow, some of them are transported onto the mainland and wreak havoc on the general public. From there, the movie kind of goes into a gradual downhill dips into cheesiness as the scenes of dinosaurs on the mainland terrorizing the city population veers dangerously close to being similar to those cheesy 1950s sci-fi horror flicks or something like bad King Kong rejects meets Star Wars. It's still nonetheless an enjoyable movie for it's entertainment value but in my opinion, the cheesiness mars the punch that it could otherwise have had. A good but disappointing follow-up to a dynamite movie.

JURASSIC PARK III (2001): Here's where it all goes totally wrong and ruins a great legacy with this mediocre and boring third addition to the movie series. Basically, it all begins when the dinosaurs that escaped are returned and released back onto the island where they came from and things seem normal again until two family members wind up being lost and stranded on the island after a parachuting stunt went horribly wrong, resulting in the death of one of the parachutists and a crew has been sent in to rescue the surviving parachutist who survived the accident. From there, the movie boils down to just utter boredom as upon watching this, it seemed like a recycled "Jurassic Park 1993" but without the fun of that movie and it was so short that it just left me confused. A lot of what could go wrong in movie-making went wrong with "JP III". It's just a bad rehash of the 1993 original I felt disappointed to see that Spielberg and company could mess up so badly on this one as to ruin a great movie legacy. There isn't anything that could salvage this garbage. "Jurassic Park III" is one movie that I don't recommend getting and is one of the biggest disappointments in years and is a terrible bookend to a great movie legacy. A total disappointment.

This is one of the unfortunate examples of how a movie legacy starts out so spectacular with the first movie but deteriorates with each following sequel and ending on a bad note with the last movie in the series. My advice is to just simply skip this set and buy the first movie, go ahead and get the second one if you like, but avoid the third Jurassic Park movie altogether. The third one is terrible and should be forgotten by most of the public. Although I really don't like the last one in the series, for those who like all three movies, this is a great purchase.

These movies are the best movies ever. Jurassic Park was the best one, it was also the scariest. My favorite part was when the T-Rex is first seen and the Dilophosaurus scene. The Lost World Jurassic Park was just as good and scary. My favorite scenes are the Baby Stegosaurus and when the T-Rex is in San Diego. Jurassic Park III was also very entertaining, my favorite scenes are when the Spinosaurus shows up and the Pterandons. 2 problems with JP III, length and Trevor Morgan. The movie was too short ( JP 2 hrs. & 7 mins. TLW: JP 2 hrs. & 9 mins. JP III 1 hr. & 33 mins). They should have got a different actor to play Eric Kirby. Trevor is such a dork and his laugh is dumb ( hello, he was in a fricking barney movie for cying out loud. This is probably explains why barney has a cameo in the movie). Anyways everyone should see these movies! And to hell with everyone who complains about the dinoaurs appearances and stuff. They were RE-CREATED and they used FROG DNA to fill in the holes of the DNA strands. So they all probably had something that was different from the Mesozoic dinosaurus.

Oedekerk and his group continue to fascinate with this entry in the Thumbation series. It probably helps to be a "Star Wars" fan to find this "Thumb" entry really funny, but I'm not one of those fans, so much of it fell rather flat in terms of humor to me. High points were the "Hans Solo" counterpart in "Thumb Wars" involved in a conversation where nearly all of Harrison Ford's non-"Star Wars" movies are mentioned, and the revelation of the "Star Wars" Obi Wan Kenobe's counterpart's middle name as a Thumb character. One of my favorite Thumb characters....The One-Eyed Thumb guy--appears yet again...Woo Hoo! I've found other Oedekerk "Thumb" movies more amusing than "Thumb Wars" (though the subtitle "The Phantom Cuticle" WAS amusing.) This effort reminded me a lot of the "Star Wars" parody "Space Balls" done by Mel Brooks, (though without thumbs.) That wasn't one of Brooks' better films, either. So maybe I'm just biased against the "Star Wars" phenomena and even such parodies. My favorite Thumb movie remains "The Blair Thumb," a parody of the awful film "The Blair Witch Project" so I gave this one a slightly lower rating.

This movie is better then "STAR WARS", but don't get me wrong Star Wars are awesome movies, but this movie is better. Now you may be thinking (thumbs) you've got to be kidding me I won't watch any bit of this movie what so ever, surprisingly you do. "THUMB WARS" has it all state of the art special effects, great music, funny characters, action, good thumb acting, and Thumb savers. In this movie you will find that you will laugh your head off in less then five minutes of the movie, after that doctors will have to stun you with a tazzer to make you stop laughing. After the movie you will want more so I sagest other Thumb movies there's a total of six. So enjoy, we know we will.

I like this movie because it's a parity of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. I like this because it's very funny. I like how Steve Oedekerk makes fun of the whole trilogy. It's very cool. As for the bad reviewers who gave this movie one star, I'd have to say this. Don't even think about it. I highly recommend this to future fans.

Ah, Coleman Francis, what would we do without you? Well, for sttarters we wouldn't sit through Red Zone cuba, a truly horrendous film directed by and starring Mr. Francis himself. This movie features three cons who get recruited into an invasion of cuba/New Mexico. The sheer badness of this film must be seen to be believed, the acting is bad but the editing was worse. There are scenes that make no sense, such as the scene where two of the cons try and put up a convertable top, endless talky scenes, and about 20 minutes of training for the invasion. After the failed invasion the cons escape and search for a mine of some mineral or another, with Sgt. Justine's (Chastain) (one of the fellow invaders)wife, John Carradine and a young journalist, ("Kid looks like a reporter from the Catholic Digest" Servo)a guy named Cherokee Jack, a diner owner and his blind daughter, coffee, light planes, a junkyard owner and his young daughter and a police chase at the end. This movie is NOT for newbie MSTies, you should watch Pod people, Cave Dwellers, and he atomic brain first. There is also a short about posture. favorite lines (by Mike and the bots)
"Crap, I'm locked out of my car" Mike
"Dis is a Hazelnut sumatra blend, I think you'll like it" Crow

Yes, I borrowed that line from the brilliant author Donald Westlake, and the dialog in this film sounds like that as well...in its more coherent moments. At one point one character begins, for no apparent reason ("for no apparent reason" being the leitmotif of this film), to strangle another, and you can't help but want to join in, strangling every (?)human being associated with Red Zone Cuba. No high school student wielding a video camera while high on glue fumes has made a less coherent movie.

Best Brains, I have read, wrote the MST3K riffs while watching the movie several times through as a typist recorded improvised lines. How they made it through this movie several times, I cannot imagine. Watching RZC, I laughed so hard I wheezed. And the riffing is funny, too.

I prefer MSTed films that make a tiny bit of sense on their own--The Brain that Wouldn't Die is my favorite of the Rhino offerings--but for my money the worst MST3K episode is better than 99% of television shows or blockbuster movies.

fans of mst3k know that 3 coleman francis movies were riffed in the show's history: skydivers (available on dvd box set vol. 1), the beast of yucca flats (unfortunately not available for purchase), and RED ZONE CUBA. i feel that while beast of yucca flats is the best coleman francis episode, red zone cuba is a close second, and it tops yucca flats for the title of worst movie by coleman francis.

i've watched this dvd at least 20 times. i have NO idea what the hell is going on in this movie. i guess either coleman or those other two guys (one is carradine) escaped from prison, and somehow some guy's name is cherokee jack and he flys people to cuba in exchange for old trucks and these guys get paid to fight against castro? why? is the fbi funding this? is it SECRET AGENT cherokee jack? anyways i'll stop with the questions and get on with the review

this is one of those all time great episodes of mst3k. all fans should own it, and it's a good place to start for newbies (manos is a great starting point, too). in short, it's a full out five star episode, and i can't really say much more about it.

"we drove all the way to hell..."
"night train to mundo fina..."
"i'm cherokee jack"

Whats to like: Crisp, believable characters and I don't mean just the leads, even the extras seem to have depth. The special effects seem tame by today's standards but they don't overwhelm the underlying love story and keep the viewer in that all important state of "suspension of disbelief". Good direction and editing keep the storyline moving along at the right pace. This is a "chase" video after all! Both main characters are appealing and remain brilliantly within their characters. The score is really impressive. I still find myself loading up the video just to listen to the end credits now and again!
What's not to like: zip. Buy this one for your collection.

For recount a strange story whitch appear simple but only in appearance because the evoked subject of E-T anf U.F.O. is vast and also inclined to polemic with the reserrch scientists who are for or against the thesis witch speak freely of the possibility or not that the life exist somewhere else in this immensity in this infinite universe within or thorough and also in expansion ! NOBODY know where are they if they are ! Only those who have seen them ! THIS MOVIE is a fashion to bring up this very difficult vast theory so, a very GOOD MOVIE with very goods actor as Jeff BRIDGES and the other actress who play the wife of the clone of his husband GOOD DVD MOVIE

I SAW THIS MOVIE YEARS AGO.AND TRIED TO LOCATE IT FOR PURCHASE FOR YEARS, AND FINALLY FOUND AN OLD BEAT UP COPY OF IT AT THE FLEA MARKET, AND GLADLY PAID THE ASKING PRICE, NO QUESTIONS..THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE PART OF THIS MOVIE I DONT LOVE. THE STORY, IS BEAUTIFUL, THE MUSIC IS HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL, AND THE ACTING IS CAPTIVATING. I WOULD PUT THIS IN MY "GEMS OF THE PAST" CATEGORY..IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MOVIE THAT TRANSCENDS TIME, AND IS FILLED WITH ALL THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS THAT MAKE A MOVIE GREAT, THIS IS ONE, YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU SEE IT IS MADE IN THE 80'S, AND YOU THINK, "OH, IT IS ONE OF THOSE 80'S POP CULTURE CHEESY MOVIES.." NO...THIS ONE COULD BE RE-RELEASED TODAY, AND STILL BRING IN A BUCK..GET THIS ONE YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT..IT HAS ACTION, ADVENTURE, LOVE AND SADNESS..EVERYTHING REQUIRED FOR AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT..GUYS, GET THIS ONE FOR THAT DATE, AND SCORE BIG POINTS..TRUST ME..THIS ONE'S A KEEPER!!!!!!

I purchased this video based on the many positive reviews here at amazon.com & based on my interest in the historical Jack the Ripper. I was sadly disappointed that this fantasy missed the mark on so many counts. Although I don't expect a fantasy movie about time travel to be heavy on the realism side, it could have a little more basis in historical fact without harming the film. Jack the Ripper was known to be active in 1888 (some say even as late as 1891). So why set the film in 1893? Wouldn't it have made mores sense, even on this fantasy level, to say that the way he escaped detection (his identity to this day is unknown) was by using the time machine in 1888 (or even 1891)? Another problem is the characterization of H.G. Wells in such a wimpy manner. Are we to believe that this wimpy pacifist would actually hunt one of the most ruthless, violent individuals in the history of mankind without so much as a weapon? Would it have spoiled the movie so much by giving the Wells character a little more backbone? And what exactly is the point of the musical watch? Is the photo in it that of his mother, a girlfriend, or what? Perhaps I fell asleep & missed the explanation of that part. I expect a film about Jack the Ripper to have at least a little suspense & a few scary parts. There were three scenes where this was attempted, & all three scenes fell far short due to poor direction. The late 1970s oh so dated clothes & hairstyles also hurt. Jack the Ripper in bell bottoms & hippie gear? I think not. If you like cutesy romances, you may like this film. If you like your science fiction on the soft side, you may also like this film. If you like a degree of historical realism in a film about an historical person, or if you expect a movie about an extremely violent serial murderer to have some suspense or scary moments, better look elsewhere.

I remember really liking this slight romance when I first saw it, ages ago, in movie theatres. The story of a fictionalized H.G. Wells following Jack the Ripper into the future (1970s San Francisco to be exact), incidentally falling in love with a modern woman while attempting to recapture the villain, holds up acceptably but shows its age.

Mary Steenbergen's plays the freethinking bank clerk for whom Wells falls. She overplays the part and her accent seems to have been imposed upon her in an effort to make her seem as different as possible from the British Malcolm McDowell (Wells). The accent itself wanders up and down the East Coast, at various points landing in Boston, New York, and several locaitons in the South.

The screenplay also lacks subtlety and may seem campy to modern viewers. David Warner as the Ripper--a truly fine villain--is made to say things like "Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur!" while the angelic Wells intones "Every age is the same. It's only love that makes any of them bearable." The music is high melodrama (shades of "Vertigo"'s soundtrack).

But for me it was like a trip back in time--to the 1970s, when I was more readily charmed by them. I admit it--I had that silly haircut, I wore those odd clothes, I liked the movie then...and I still like it now.

Malcom McDowell gives his best and most amusing performance (I think it was better than A Clockwork Orange) as HG Wells chasing Jack the Ripper, played in excellent sinister fashion by David Warner (does he ever play a good guy?). This is probably my favorite film on time travel outside of Back to the Future. I have seen this film several times and it never gets old.

This DVD tries to suck the buyer in by telling him/her that this DVD contains music from the original score...which it might have, but along with that there comes the added bonus of missing lines that made the movie a classic...for instance the "If there's one thing I know its female stats..." line is completely gone. There are others but I don't have enough room to put them here. Not since the latest Animal House with the missing "Have you seen my rolling papers?" line has a DVD release been so disappointing. While these things may not matter to the majority of you viewers, it will to some of you so you have been warned.

Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are two nerdy high school guys with fantasies of popularity and dreams of acceptance. While the reality factor goes right out the window as the movie progresses, I think the core theme of the movie is something a lot of people could relate to, the feelings of alienation at that awkward age, where even minor differences seem so large and significant, and the wanting to fit in, to be accepted.

In a twist on the classic Frankenstein story, Gary and Wyatt start out by trying to create a virtual woman on Wyatt's super computer, but then they push the envelope and venture into the great unknown when they end up creating a flesh and blood woman. Their hair-brained scheme succeeds beyond their wildest dreams whne the beautiful Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) appears. Only problem is Lisa becomes more than they bargained for, giving them what they wanted, and then some.

There are so many great lines in this movie, and the casting of all the characters is right on the nose. Could you imagine anyone else playing Chet, Wyatt's overbearing, controlling, mean spirited brother than Bill Paxton after watching this movie?

The once fantasy, now reality, begins to develop complications, as boys must contend with not only their fledgling popularity, but also how to explain the existence of Lisa. Matters aren't helped any as Lisa decides to throw a gigantic party for the boys (Wyatt's parents are out of town). Between their fear of Chet, a surprise visit from Wyatt's grandparents, and the arrival of a gang of mutant party crashers, the boys certainly have their hands full. Will Gary and Wyatt get what they want? Do they even know what they want?

While more based in fantasy than Sixteen Candles or The Breakfast Club, the John Hughes' touch is evident in his choice of non-mainstream music, direction, dialogue, and the underlying themes of teenage angst and rebellion. There have been some reviewers commenting on how the movie may have been cropped, but I honestly didn't notice. A big deal was made about how the original theatrical soundtrack was put back into the movie, but I had only really seen this in the theaters, so I am unaware of how previous releases were presented. What was noticeable was the lack of any real extras, like commentaries, production notes, interviews, or other related materials. While it's understandable that some movies get a barebones DVD release, I would have thought this movie would have warranted more than it got.

This is a hilarious movie it is about Anthony Michael Hall one of my favorite 1980's actors he and his friends wear bras on their heads and get on the pc and create a woman and this woman is Kelly LeBrock she is created and she has special powers and she does whatever and whenever she wants to people she is so funny Gary and Wyatt are her masters she gives them whatever they want and she teaches them courage and she really fixes Wyatt's brother Chet very good she turns him into an ugly lizard and then he learns how to treat Wyatt more better and the movie is just so hilarious I would truly recommend anyone to buy this movie I really did enjoy it . If you grew up in the 1980's and if you are an Anthony Michael Hall fan I would truly recommend that you buy this dvd!!!!!

This DVD tries to suck the buyer in by telling him/her that this DVD contains music from the original score...which it might have, but along with that there comes the added bonus of missing lines that made the movie a classic...for instance the "If there's one thing I know its female stats..." line is completely gone. There are others but I don't have enough room to put them here. Not since the latest Animal House with the missing "Have you seen my rolling papers?" line has a DVD release been so disappointing. While these things may not matter to the majority of you viewers, it will to some of you so you have been warned.

Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are two nerdy high school guys with fantasies of popularity and dreams of acceptance. While the reality factor goes right out the window as the movie progresses, I think the core theme of the movie is something a lot of people could relate to, the feelings of alienation at that awkward age, where even minor differences seem so large and significant, and the wanting to fit in, to be accepted.

In a twist on the classic Frankenstein story, Gary and Wyatt start out by trying to create a virtual woman on Wyatt's super computer, but then they push the envelope and venture into the great unknown when they end up creating a flesh and blood woman. Their hair-brained scheme succeeds beyond their wildest dreams whne the beautiful Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) appears. Only problem is Lisa becomes more than they bargained for, giving them what they wanted, and then some.

There are so many great lines in this movie, and the casting of all the characters is right on the nose. Could you imagine anyone else playing Chet, Wyatt's overbearing, controlling, mean spirited brother than Bill Paxton after watching this movie?

The once fantasy, now reality, begins to develop complications, as boys must contend with not only their fledgling popularity, but also how to explain the existence of Lisa. Matters aren't helped any as Lisa decides to throw a gigantic party for the boys (Wyatt's parents are out of town). Between their fear of Chet, a surprise visit from Wyatt's grandparents, and the arrival of a gang of mutant party crashers, the boys certainly have their hands full. Will Gary and Wyatt get what they want? Do they even know what they want?

While more based in fantasy than Sixteen Candles or The Breakfast Club, the John Hughes' touch is evident in his choice of non-mainstream music, direction, dialogue, and the underlying themes of teenage angst and rebellion. There have been some reviewers commenting on how the movie may have been cropped, but I honestly didn't notice. A big deal was made about how the original theatrical soundtrack was put back into the movie, but I had only really seen this in the theaters, so I am unaware of how previous releases were presented. What was noticeable was the lack of any real extras, like commentaries, production notes, interviews, or other related materials. While it's understandable that some movies get a barebones DVD release, I would have thought this movie would have warranted more than it got.

This is a hilarious movie it is about Anthony Michael Hall one of my favorite 1980's actors he and his friends wear bras on their heads and get on the pc and create a woman and this woman is Kelly LeBrock she is created and she has special powers and she does whatever and whenever she wants to people she is so funny Gary and Wyatt are her masters she gives them whatever they want and she teaches them courage and she really fixes Wyatt's brother Chet very good she turns him into an ugly lizard and then he learns how to treat Wyatt more better and the movie is just so hilarious I would truly recommend anyone to buy this movie I really did enjoy it . If you grew up in the 1980's and if you are an Anthony Michael Hall fan I would truly recommend that you buy this dvd!!!!!