Programmers at my local TV must just love this one. I may have watched 3 or 4 times. As goofy as Freddy Krueger giving his girlfriend a massage, but strangely effective. The scene with the Chemist's creations (those mutant kids with molotov cocktails) was scary, others plain silly (those humongous things... ugh!) but it is actually a really enjoyable film if you stop questioning every scene.

Why there are not more movies like this one? Oh, and I agree, Molly Ringwauld was reeeeeaaaaalllll sexy here.

I remember watching this film when I was like 7.  Those fat maggot guys oozing out of the ceiling freaked the heck out of me.

I remember accidently seeing this on cable years ago. I had never heard of it before then. I could tell by the way the credits ran that it had been filmed in 3D. Molly Ringwald was a big star by the time I saw this little number, and Strass was already a well known talent. I remember wondering "What the hell are these people doing in this piece of s**t?" I was facinated with the SUV. My nephew was a kid at the time and between us we had enough LEGOs to build an alternate universe somewhere...we spent the next few months building bad assed intergalactic SUVs, complete with plasticine bounty hunters and tracker rats. It was firecracker heaven for awhile there. Then it passed and I had forgotten completely about this movie till I came across it here. I remember the overblown music every time the SUV went chugging over the terrian. I've always liked Ironside in these roles. He's what John Saxon always tries to be in these roles...mean and nasty and scary. Saxon only ever manages to look like a greasy wannabe. I'm going to have to find a copy of this, just to refresh my memory of it. I love a good bad film...the fact that I saw this but can't really remember it says a lot. It has to be a bore for me not to have it thoughly locked away in my cerebrial files. Bab is Bad, but boring is totally unacceptable.

The best part in this movie is when someone says to Molly Ringwald "Your just a baby, I bet your barely out of your diapers!" and Ringwald says "I'm not out of my diapers!"  Wrong choice of words there, Molly.

Overall this is an effective film.  I've never seen it in actual 3D, so I can't say how effective the 3d effect is, but at least this movie doesn't beat you over the head with "sticking things into the camera lense" shots so common in cheesy 3D films.

Peter Strauss definitely has that "what the hell am I doing in a movie like this" look throughout the film (a la Timothy Dalton), but he and the rest of the cast work well.  I give both the script and Molly Ringwald credit for having her character speak in a degenerate dialect that adds an air of authenticity to the proceedings without being forced.  This movie is competently made and it takes itself seriously, so there aren't many unintentional laughs here unless you find the whole 80's post-apocalyptic genre ridiculous.  A good "popcorn" movie.

This movie was fun! Some good shoouts and action scenes, mutants and amazons, space babes, dudes on hang gliders badass Road Warrior-like vehicles, more space babes and that obstacle course at the end? Goofy fun. The space effects in the beginning when the spaceliner blows up are actually very very good!

My favorite scene is when they stumble into a nest of what appear to be genetic crossbreeds of uncle fester and a moth pupae. I'm sorry but if I where these folks I definitely wouldn't be scared by a bunch of squealing fatass aliens trying to, I dunno, sit on me to death?

I just barely remember this one, but I liked it.  Corney, yes (but then they usually were) but it was still cool.

I was wondering if anyone knew a way I could get my hands on the original 3d version of this movie.  I have some friends that work in a theater, so purchasing an orignal reel could possibly be an option. Thanks.
    Kent