By any yardstick that you choose to compare "Thunder Force" too... it's pretty terrible. That said, I just couldn't generate any genuine hatred for it. It's essentially just a group of friends and family messing about.
In a world where enhanced supervillains exist, two school friends drift apart. Decades later, Emily (Octavia Spencer) is a successful scientist working on a way to give powers to the right people, and fight back. Lydia (Melissa McCarthy) has been less successful, but wishes her friendship with Emily had been maintained. On the night of a school reunion, Lydia goes to see Emily at her lab and is accidentally injected with a serum that gives her superhuman strength and resilience. Emily had always planned to be a hero too, so takes the serum also and becomes invisible at will. The pair form a team, THUNDER FORCE, and start to fight back against the villainous forces.
I mean, it's rubbish. It's full of performers who can do a lot better, who seemingly agreed to do this so they could hang around with their friends, which is fine. It's not funny or I should say, it's hardly ever funny - occasionally there's some business with Jason Bateman that made me chuckle. His crab based supporting villain turned love interest is, at least, knowing.
There's a persuasive awkwardness to the whole endeavour though, never quite sure how deep into parody it's going - but again, I couldn't really come to actively hate it. It doesn't really care that deeply, and neither did I. Never again though.
Thunder Force
2021
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Thunder Force
2021
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
April 09, 2021 at 10:40 AM
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Thunderballs
People need to lighten up and have a drink.
Stupid movie. Yup. Predictable and nothing new here. This movie has been made about 30 times but hey.. there's a few chuckles and it kills some time.
If you go into this thinking your gonna be surprised or impressed. You're gonna hate it. I say, lighten up and have some fun. Because that's all this silly film is. Fun and empty calories.
Why All the hate?
Actually a good movie if you don't take it too seriously. Extremely surprised that this was rated a 4! Sure, it's cheesy, but heartfelt and fun. Reminds of the "The Mask" with Jim Carrey, " My Super Ex-Girlfriend" with Uma Thurman, or Will Smith's "Hancock". Not going to win any awards but definitely deserved far more credit than it's been given!