The Guyver (F) |
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THIS IS ONE OF THE TEN WORST! STARS...
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DIRECTOR: Screaming Mad
George & Steve Wang BEST BETS: |
SYNOPSIS... A scientist agrees to meet with a government agent. Before he can, however, he is killed by bad guys/monsters. A young karate student finds a strange alien artifact. It gives him alien armor, which allows him to fight the monsters. The daughter of the scientist is kidnapped by a crazy business tycoon. The armor-wearing student frees the daughter, destroying the tycoon's business office/scientific lab, his monsters. |
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Review: Co-Directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang's THE GUYVER is a simple-minded, Sci-Fi comic book adventure. A scientist makes arrangements to meet with a C.I.A. agent. Before he can make that meeting, however, he is set upon by bad guys/monsters and is killed. A young guy finds the device the dead scientist was carrying. A kind of alien armor, the device turns the guy into a "Robocop" like, monster-fighting superhero. Mark Hamill ("Star Wars") as a C.I.A. agent, looks tired, has a moustache, and smokes cigarettes. He brings little conviction to his delivery of lines like, "...but your father described it as the most dangerous technology since the atom bomb." Surprisingly, Jimmy Walker ("Good Times") shows up in a small, but embarrassing, cameo. His big line is, "Yo mama, why you want to be so crude?" Jimmy, why did you want to be in this movie? The film's main prop is a small, silver, hubcap-like device, with a chrome ping pong ball inside. This is the supposedly alien device that turns our hero into a monster-fighting superhero. The chintzy-looking prop looks like it cost at least $1.50 to create. Or perhaps it was stolen off an alien hot rod. The film's creature effects are credited to the directors, Wang and George. They are silly, stupid, and cheap-looking. Director of Photography, Levie Isaacks, does okay work here, under the circumstances. An overhead shot, as our hero pulls into an alley on his motorcycle, is effective. The Music is your standard action film synthesizer Score. Matthew Morse gets the Music Composition credit, if that's the proper world. My favorite scene was when the hero blew up the bad guy's office/lab, 'cause I knew this Sci-Fi stinker would be over soon. When I was watching this movie I jotted down the note, "Insane two year old made this movie." Nuff said! THE GUYVER will be watchable for only the least demanding Sci-Fi viewers. Mark Hamill fans will be bummed. THE GUYVER is a loser! |
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