rcsg002 If there was a negative rating, this film deserves it. I couldn't even get through the first ten minutes of this film. That's more time then I am going to spend on this review. Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. I can't believe Amazon charges $2.99 to rent this movie. They should pay you. I heard it was bad, but I gave it a shot because of Mel Brooks. I later listened to an interview with Mel Brooks on how he almost lost everything, his house, cars and life (He wanted to jump off a building) over financing this film. He states its his fault for being "Lazy" and he didn't want to fly to Spain. The film was only supposed to cost $5,000,000 to make. It was made in Spain because of the lack of labor unions. The final cost as per IMDb was "$25,000,000 (estimated)". I can not see where that kind of money was spent making this, all I can think is someone walked away with very full pockets,

thesar-2 For some reason, I found this film boring two minutes in and I guess the writer felt my pain later on with lines like: "Do you get bored just sitting in this box?" and "I'll do everything I can to see you're not bored." (Fail.) No babies were harmed during the making of this film. In fact, no babies were in this movie at all, despite the title of the film.In the movie's defense, I bet kids of 30 years ago might find this adventure fun and could relate to the post-apocalyptic skating "heroes." This was not the case for an adult seeing this for the first time three decades too late. Especially with some of the outdated special effects, the locked-in-time roller skating craze and the bad editing with obvious chunks of scenes cut out that would've explained more than the exposition ADR'ed in post.So much is going on here. In the far distant future without much water, kids are "imprisoned" and must learn the art of skating to enter a society we never really see. Meanwhile, a prophecy is fulfilled when a half animated crystal ball amazes kids and leads them to the promised water. Meanwhile, the kids are hunted for no real reason. Meanwhile, one of the boys finds his village of ulterior motives. Meanwhile, one of the girls finds paradise and her daddy. Meanwhile, Superman's nemesis, Ursa, is once again loyal to bad leaders. Meanwhile, Johnny Five's evil cousin switches loyalty to stay just as evil. Meanwhile, a dam breaks free to make an ocean. Meanwhile, there is a Tire Land. Not sure most of this would work today, for kids anyways. But, back then, I guess it might have fun for the Star Wars fan base, especially since it would more than a decade before the prequels would emerge. Never really cared for post-apocalyptic films. I get it; it'll be depressing. The lands will be barren, water scarce, evil over-the-top tyrants, anarchy and tons and tons of dirty folks and sets. Depressing these films are. I guess some people love these movies. I find them disheartening and miserable. I suppose Solarbabies at least made it "fun" since the kids seemed to be having a ball making it.But, still: Not recommended.***Final thoughts: Daddy "Greentree." Hahahaha. I had to laugh at this character introduced late into the film. I used to work for a company called Greentree. At least, I took that unintentionally humorous moment from this.

FlashCallahan In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of teenagers, living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth.The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and are quite good.It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government.Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the stormtroopers search for them and the orb....I thought this would have been a bit of fun, Prayer of the Rollerboys crossed with the camp bits of Beyond Thunderdome, with half of the cast of the lost boys thrown in for good measure.It's a good slice of eighties sci-fi (not the good sort), but the problem lies with the many plots that are developed, and never elaborated which disturb the narrative.But, for what it's worth, it has it's moments. Jordan wears a uniform that makes him look like a thunderbird, there is a wonderful torture apparatus in the mix, and it has a whole explorers/masters of the universe/cyborg feel to it.If you can ignore the story and some of the plot points, and realise that it's a good old slice of eighties cheese, you may appreciate something.

rspress A film about kids on skates (Gotta capture that Xanadu audience), and Alien Ball and no water. Well it seems I gave away the whole movie just in that sentence. Well there are some good things if you are a fan of Rick Springfield lookalikes. Actually if anything makes this film worth watching it is the lovely Jami Gertz! The scene were she is in the white robe and lit from behind drove my young blood wild! For those that like the bad girl we have one of the baddest, Sarah Douglas, looking like she did not change wardrobe much from her Superman II appearance as Ursa. Looks like she traded one Phantom Zone for another. Still it might be worth a watch just to laugh at some of the 80's-isims in the film. Like what are they making in the desert factory that burns tires......Hair gel?