Pure, unadulterated, 80s fromage?. The cringe is extreme. The plot so thin that you need a microscope to find it and it has lines so utterly dire that you will literally vomit in horror. The costumes are naff, hair is mental and there are enough pointless flashing lights and random graph displays that the production would have needed a dedicated power station. Insane. But without watching this abysmal trash of a movie, you have not experienced the delight of a 80s school boy who had half this film recorded on a Betamax. It's nothing like I remember it, in fact watching again has destroyed my childhood memories of happy carefree days. Wow!

You need to be smashed up on booze, with mates to watch this belter. Ore cliches than an Austin Piwers box set, but done without irony.

Needs to be seen to be believed.

Commander Beegee with bozeyes in a gold spandex suit leaves very little to the imagination.

Utter, utter pap.

YOU MUST WATCH THIS FILM!

This howlingly absurd futuristic sci-fi actioner stars Barry Bostwick ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show", 'Spin City'), absolutely nobody's idea of an ideal action movie star. He plays the charismatic "Ace Hunter", leader of an elite fighting unit that is deployed whenever freedom is threatened. And this unit is set into motion when a fictional country begins to be terrorized by a flamboyant mercenary (Henry Silva, who's a hoot as usual). Among the people on Aces' team is easygoing Southerner "Dallas" (Michael Beck of "The Warriors" fame), who shoots at errant reptiles and delights in showing "holograms" to people.

This is the kind of movie you enjoy for its utter cheesiness and ineptitude. While it may not be quite as terrible as some reviews will lead you to believe, it sure ain't much good, either. Still, stunt expert turned filmmaker Hal Needham ("Smokey and the Bandit", "The Cannonball Run") and his merry crew do have some fun here. A lot of their set pieces are quite simply chaotic and over the top, as they just go for broke and refuse to worry about it ever making much SENSE. There are explosions and vehicular stunts aplenty, as well as some sky diving. Although there is a gorgeous leading lady in Persis Khambatta ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "Nighthawks"), romance is not really in the air, since Ace doesn't want to involve an "outsider" like her in his mission. He says his men are like a machine that moves and acts as one.

Bostwick is amusing, his miscasting be damned. He does seem to be enjoying himself. Silva, while not at his absolute best, is still in fine form as a smiling villain whom you can't really hate at all. The movie co-stars Edward Mulhare ("Our Man Flint", 'Knight Rider') as a military man and George Furth ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Blazing Saddles") as a Q-style gadget, weaponry, and vehicle designer.

Despite the ropey "Introvision" effects, this utterly goofy entertainment does possess a certain oddball charm.

Five out of 10.