TheLittleSongbird
Watching Laserhawk with low expectations, I found it to be a surprisingly tolerable movie. It is far from great but could have been much worse. Sure, the movie was much too rushed, we never really get much time to properly connect with the characters and I think the pacing was the main reason why that was. The dialogue will make anybody laugh at how awkwardly cheesy it is, the big battle is lazily choreographed and makes no real impact other than perhaps unintentional humour and the story starts off interestingly but meanders badly into total and senseless nonsense. Laserhawk however doesn't look too bad from a visual point of view, the sets are detailed and colourful, the costumes are fitting and the special effects were surprisingly decent. The photography and editing while nothing inventive or extraordinary at least doesn't look amateurish either. The music is not too generic and does fit the movie while not plodding too much, while the sound is not overbearing or murky. The acting is better-than-average, Jason James Richter is a likable enough lead and Melissa Galianos matches him and is quite cute and fiery. Mark Hamill's appearance is brief but still memorable, while Gordon Currie and Ivan Rogers acquit themselves well albeit with rather clichéd characters. All in all, not great but could have been far worse. 5/10 Bethany Cox
mrslee2008
This movie, in a word, sucked. I mean, the graphics were terrible, the acting was atrocious, and the plot was nonsensical. The only reason we laughed our way through it was because of the comments we were making about the plot holes. For instance; the guy that they knocked out in order to get onto the air force base looked nothing like Mark Hamill. And the fact that his friend is stoked about the whole hoax and then randomly ditches him... it just doesn't make sense. None of it made sense... especially them breaking Mark Hamill's character out of the institute. It's really not possible. This movie is so freaking dumb that I'm glad that we only spent a dollar on it. That is why it got such a bad rating.
ComicDiva
This movie was so bad, it was funny. The acting was terrible, except by M.K. (Gordon Currie)...oh, it was so bad. The special effects were of no real effect. The plot is predictable. There is a scene where they must read an alien language and the boy from Free Willy figures it out in like one minute. I mean, he was writing it down and everything. One minute...hello, let's try to make it believable. Well, as much as can be expected from any Sci-Fi flick. This is a good Sci-Fi movie for a 5 year old. Perfect to introduce them to the genre. The whole cast, except for M.K., doesn't seem to be too bothered by the fact that the world is going to be destroyed. The cheesiness is over the top! Do not see it. Do not even 'think' about buying it from the Dollar Tree...walk on by!
Vang000
Teens battle Aliens for the sake of the earth. Enough said.I found no redeeming qualities in this movie, except for Mark Hamill. I was surprised he was part of a less than mediocre film like this one. But I guess it pays the bills.The plot is along the lines of Teen-X-Files meets The Last Star fighter.Too many terrible moments to list them all. And as for good parts ....I don't remember any.
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