Richard Hatch and Kay Lenz star in this very low-budget sci-fi film. It all begins when each of them are accidentally sent into a parallel Earth by a machine constructed by a wacky scientist. This alternate dimension Earth is a weird amalgam of both medieval sort of weapons and more modern ones. While this doesn't make sense, I guess you can do this when you are dealing with such places. Soon after arriving, the pair are attacked repeatedly as this isn't an especially friendly world. Kay is taken prisoner by a sex-crazed leader of a band of brigands (John Saxon...and how do you like the use of the word 'brigands'?). Hatch falls in with a somewhat friendlier sort of crowd --but that isn't saying much. Our studly hero, Richard, escapes these folks after he proves his manliness in a fight that is pretty terribly choreographed. Can he navigate through this overly-macho and bombastic world, save the girl and return with her back to our Earth...all before the 94 minutes are complete?
The idea of parallel worlds isn't bad at all. However, the film really looked like it was made with practically no budget. The aliens are, at times laughable (like the guys with the red glowing eyes). The sound effects occasionally odd (the 'funny' sound when the glowing-eyed creatures fell to their deaths was just weird). The script lacks wit and charm and much of the dialog is truly dreadful. For example, at one point Lenz is whining and Saxon slaps her--and you WANT him to hit her again because the dialog she was given was just dreadful! As for the actors, none of them are particularly good--and I am sure the dialog and plot didn't help any. Saxon got the worst of it, as his character was rather cartoon-like. But, at least he ("Planet Earth") and Hatch ("Battlestar Gallactica") had some prior experience in low-budget sci-fi--so they probably felt at home in this rather silly film. As for Lenz, when I saw her I just thought she was Shelley Hack--they look so much alike.
So should you see this film? Probably not. It isn't that bad--so you can't see it for its unintended laugh value. But it also just isn't very good. The only reason you might want to see it is simply to watch Saxon in his very odd performance as a very difficult to forget character!
The idea of parallel worlds isn't bad at all. However, the film really looked like it was made with practically no budget. The aliens are, at times laughable (like the guys with the red glowing eyes). The sound effects occasionally odd (the 'funny' sound when the glowing-eyed creatures fell to their deaths was just weird). The script lacks wit and charm and much of the dialog is truly dreadful. For example, at one point Lenz is whining and Saxon slaps her--and you WANT him to hit her again because the dialog she was given was just dreadful! As for the actors, none of them are particularly good--and I am sure the dialog and plot didn't help any. Saxon got the worst of it, as his character was rather cartoon-like. But, at least he ("Planet Earth") and Hatch ("Battlestar Gallactica") had some prior experience in low-budget sci-fi--so they probably felt at home in this rather silly film. As for Lenz, when I saw her I just thought she was Shelley Hack--they look so much alike.
So should you see this film? Probably not. It isn't that bad--so you can't see it for its unintended laugh value. But it also just isn't very good. The only reason you might want to see it is simply to watch Saxon in his very odd performance as a very difficult to forget character!