Review of Megaforce

Megaforce (1982)
3/10
Unfortunately, it's not even very funny. Just boring.
9 August 2015
There are plenty of terribly cheesy '80s movies that are fun to watch. This is not one of them. It has just a couple of things going for it. First and foremost is the now infamous finale where star Barry Bostwick flies his motorcycle into a cargo plane. That is indeed as hilarious as it always was when you were watching the Youtube clip. Second, Bostwick's hairdo/facial hair/baby blue headband combo is glorious. This character should have been in a better movie, because he looks awesome. Third, the rockin' '80s theme song that plays over the closing credits is perfect. Actually, the music is pretty good throughout. Everything else about the film: absolutely worthless. The plot is pretty much nonexistent, and 95% of the film is just the characters sitting around talking. It's boring as Hell. Besides Bostwick, whom I actually do like in the film, there's Michael Beck from the Warriors playing a prototype for Woody Harrelson. Seriously, he looks and sounds just like him. Persis Khambatta, the female lead, isn't much of an actress, but she's pretty. For much of the film she tries to join Megaforce (by the way, they're some sci-fi special forces who hang out in the desert spying on everyone and are ready to invade other countries for no real reason at any time), but after a few sequences of showing Bostwick what a badass she is he tells her to screw off. Oh, and that he loves her, like, quite randomly. Henry Silva also co-stars as the bad guy. I have no idea what the heck was up with him. Just watch the Youtube clip, dammit.
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