gavin6942
Somewhere light years from Earth is a planet with a town called Oblivion, which is populated with cowboys and aliens. Things are peaceful there until Redeye (Andrew Divoff) decides to take over.The film is poorly written, poorly shot, just plain poor. The acting ranges from good to bad, and there are so many plot holes that do not make sense... maybe they get cleared up in the second film, but one suspects that is extremely unlikely.The only reason to watch this film is for the cult cast: Isaac Hayes, Andrew Divoff, Julie Newmar and George Takei. And yes, there are jokes about "Star Trek" and Catwoman. Maybe other jokes I missed because I didn't get the references... and the guy who plays Lurch from the Addams Family movies.Maybe rent this... maybe. Maybe Netflix. Don't buy it, please. The only special feature is a collection of classic Full Moon trailers you could probably see on YouTube for free.
bbrasher1
This film contains no exploding golfcarts, no people falling over railings (two at a time), no diabolical laughter, and no stock footage from BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA. Unlike SPACE MUTINY, which was just plain annoying, OBLIVION was an entertaining piece of cinematic garbage with enough cheesy dialog and one liners that enable it to stand on its own, even without the help of Mike and his MST3K robot friends. Also, unlike SPACE MUTINY, it's a lot more fun than shoveling raw sewage.Give this one a chance.Rating: *** out of *****
Thomas Beekers
The special effects of this movie are, especially for its time, laughable and used in such an over-emphasized way that you can't deny their terrible existance.The acting redefines the term "terrible overacting" at the hands of Meg Foster and Richard Joseph Paul, where julie Newman and Andrew Divoff just redefine "bad".***spoilers***The charm in this movie can be found in two things: First is the excellent casting of Carel "Lurch" Struycken as the mysterious psychic Gaunt, who can sense where and when people will die and is always there.The second are original finds, the combination SF-Western is obviously original, if terrible, but other finds are more original, like the gunman Zack Stone being able to sense the pain of the people he shoots (though his acting falls short here).Overal...don't see this movie, except if you love that ol' hunk-o-brutal Carel Struycken, as any self-respecting Dutchman should.
Pete Davis
You get 5 writers together, have each write a different story with a different genre, and then you try to make one movie out of it. It's action, it's adventure, it's sci-fi, it's western, it's a mess. Sorry, but this movie absolutely stinks. 4.5 is giving it an awefully high rating. That said, it's movies like this that make me think I could write movies, and I can barely write.
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