Kari Wuhrer is the only reason I saw this movie!! The plot is unfortunately very sad. Kari tries to hold stuff together but the whole plot was a doughy! That was not the only problem with the movie however. The problem was with all the sidekicks hanging around. However, Kari looked good! the bad guy,Nash.. well.. nothing much to write about him except that he was OK.. probably second to kari! The computer graphics used in the movie did suck! Kari looked hot in the scene where she escaped from prison. But then, Kari Wuhrer always looked hot. The dialogue delivery was bad if not pathetic. The acting was cheesy! All in all, not the best of movies. But like I said, if u are a Kari Wuhrer fan, you can go ahead and watch it and admire her!
10 Reviews
Low grade sci-fi
Leofwine_draca14 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
FATAL CONFLICT is another low grade sci-fi B-flick from director Lloyd A. Simandl, no stranger to the genre. He's good at crafting tough heroines but otherwise suffers from the usual budgetary constraints of this genre, and this one looks particularly dated, like a TV episode from the time. Kari Wuhrer is a beautiful screen presence as a convict tasked with infiltrating a huge space ship and taking down the evil brother and sister running it. The performances are cheesy, the heroes wooden (hello, Miles O'Keefe!) and the dialogue trite, and the whole thing has been shot on a miniscule budget in Prague. But there's plenty of action to take your mind off the mindlessness of it all, so it's not the worst you'll encounter.
Kari Who?
kosmasp4 April 2023
Kari Whurer that is - and no pun intended. But also Jennifer Rubin - I reckon she had to take roles like this to pay the bills and all that. Did not expect to see her in a movie ... anyway, if you are into low budget movies ... there are worse movies to watch.
On the other hand if you are a fan of Ms. Wuhrer, you may be a bit dissapointed. She seems excited enough (or is it the cold?), but never shows off what her mama gave her (that's what it is called right?). Of course if this is what you are after there are a lot of other movies where you can find that ... satisfaction. Here it is a mixture of action and Science Fiction ... with bad set design. Or very obvious fake sets - something that you also had with older Science Fiction movies - but they had a different charm.
A lot of cliches here ... not sure if you are able to deal with them ... action is subpar - but again, low budget. Don't expect too much and maybe you can have some entertainment/fun with this.
On the other hand if you are a fan of Ms. Wuhrer, you may be a bit dissapointed. She seems excited enough (or is it the cold?), but never shows off what her mama gave her (that's what it is called right?). Of course if this is what you are after there are a lot of other movies where you can find that ... satisfaction. Here it is a mixture of action and Science Fiction ... with bad set design. Or very obvious fake sets - something that you also had with older Science Fiction movies - but they had a different charm.
A lot of cliches here ... not sure if you are able to deal with them ... action is subpar - but again, low budget. Don't expect too much and maybe you can have some entertainment/fun with this.
Utterly senseless, but lots of pretty girls
gtc832 November 2003
This movie follows the exploits of two villains, a brother-sister team, who get busted for running an emerald mine, and then take over a spaceship and try to crash it into Los Angeles. They are chased by Kari Wuhrer, sexy female commando of the future. Overall, the senselessness of the plot is overwhelming. Why don't the powers that be send a commando team to retake the ship that's headed for Los Angeles? In a conversation, the head bad guy is even told that if a commando team was sent in, he'd be dead. And why is Wuhrer sent in under "deep cover"? Are they trying to keep it a secret that they're trying to save LA? And those are only two of the more glaring mess-ups. There are literally dozens.
As far as the characters, Wuhrer isn't much of a commando. She's easily disarmed by the captain of the spaceship. But she does run around in a wet T-shirt quite a bit, so I guess... The bad guys? The guy looks like a chubby lounge singer from the '70s; every time I saw him I imagined him wearing a tux and crooning out a version of "Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree". And his sister, though very cute and certainly talented at filling out a tight T-shirt, is way, way too nice to be a villain.
But the movie realizes its shortcomings and makes up for them with liberal amounts of pretty girls in sexy outfits (though no actual nudity). The special effects aren't too bad, and overall the action does move the film along nicely. If you're willing to overlook the numerous shortcomings in the plot, it manages to entertain. I'd recommend it only for those who are fans of this type of film (like me).
As far as the characters, Wuhrer isn't much of a commando. She's easily disarmed by the captain of the spaceship. But she does run around in a wet T-shirt quite a bit, so I guess... The bad guys? The guy looks like a chubby lounge singer from the '70s; every time I saw him I imagined him wearing a tux and crooning out a version of "Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree". And his sister, though very cute and certainly talented at filling out a tight T-shirt, is way, way too nice to be a villain.
But the movie realizes its shortcomings and makes up for them with liberal amounts of pretty girls in sexy outfits (though no actual nudity). The special effects aren't too bad, and overall the action does move the film along nicely. If you're willing to overlook the numerous shortcomings in the plot, it manages to entertain. I'd recommend it only for those who are fans of this type of film (like me).
She was expendable -- and extraneous
lspeth23 April 2001
Now that I've watched this on video I have a vague sense that I may have seen it in a theater. If it was ever in a theater. In any case,it is a sad effort and not even outstandingly bad enough to etch itself into the memory. Plot: girl in the future who has a Past can redeem herself with whatever government there is (embodied in a single official known as the Governor) by stopping an outlaw space craft that is hurtling down to destroy Los Angeles. She's intrepid; she's resourceful; she has martial arts moves. She finds chemistry with the captive commander of the destruction-bent craft. And it appears that all along the descending menace could just be taken out with missiles. Go figure. It is sad to see Jennifer Rubin here as a villain kinkily bonded to her brother. Silliest scene is probably the one with the female prisoner coming on to the suspected lesbian prison guard. See this while trapped at home waiting for a repairman.
A Movie is a B Movie We Sould All Except That
solutionsmgmtaz3 February 2023
I'm not a gun nut but if you are going to be in an action movie with gun scenes you should at least take a few hour course and that includes the special effects people. Hollywood promotes gun illiteracy and its sickening. Scantily clad women and upshots and down the shirt shots is par for the course for B movies in Hollywood but please stop promoting unsafe gun practice and expectations.
The movie itself Had very low expectations going into it. The plot has Johnny Mnemonic/Bladerunner vibes. Corporations vs government. If you have an hour and a half to waste, go play ping pong or sort your laundry. I will finish the show but I won't tell anyone its worth watching. I swear this was made for 12 year old boys just for views.
The movie itself Had very low expectations going into it. The plot has Johnny Mnemonic/Bladerunner vibes. Corporations vs government. If you have an hour and a half to waste, go play ping pong or sort your laundry. I will finish the show but I won't tell anyone its worth watching. I swear this was made for 12 year old boys just for views.
Borrows Scenes
bemyfriend-4018429 January 2021
Borrows scenes from "5th Passenger". I saw this on Vudu, the Walmart streaming site. For the free movies, they probably get them in bulk from some provider. Many of them were made by the same source; who have overlap in the editing/splicing process. It gets five stars, because it did keep my attention. Some of the Vudu offerings are movies which are like trying to walk a dog; who doesn't want to go in that direction. You end up dragging the dog by the neck; and nobody has fun. Some movies are like that.
B movie as in bad
anthonyandrewevans1 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
High low budget at it cheapest it had sets that look generic sci-fi it has guns that really shot. Keeps the viewer fixed with scanilty clad woman to the point of porn so yeah the cgi looks like a bad babylon 5 season 1 model reject the plot just send in x to save the day who is a criminal because of reasons and does not to do her job. The plot rich man gets caught and escapes so he decides to destroy the world and parolee must go in and stop him again.
It suffers from a problem that many bad Sci-fi films have which it that the budget is limited however it is compounded with a lack of knowledge of the genre and a lack of aspreation and a director that is stuck in a loop of doing the smae things over and over again no matter what film he makes watch if you want a good laugh at a bad movie never saw it on tv or elsewhere .
It suffers from a problem that many bad Sci-fi films have which it that the budget is limited however it is compounded with a lack of knowledge of the genre and a lack of aspreation and a director that is stuck in a loop of doing the smae things over and over again no matter what film he makes watch if you want a good laugh at a bad movie never saw it on tv or elsewhere .
Beautiful Kari in an incredible silly plot
gio70012015 October 2002
The plot is as silly as it is funny: a band of bad guys, war-type like, strong and stupid as hell, commanded by an incredibly childish leader, and his pathetic sister (a sorry-I-have-gain-a-little-weight Jennifer Rubin), are captured by some kind of future police, (actually they are saving the sole survivors of a massacre set by Kari Wuhrer), and sent toward the nearest planet prision available.
Blaming a small meteorite (as some of the most unbeliavable stupid argument I've heard in a movie) the prisioners get free and take over the ship and set them to crash into L.A. Then there is no other option than to send Kari to the rescue: Relatives of the bad guys, we're sorry to inform you that a gorgeous little woman is about to terminate a full-armed, fierce (but stupid, nevertheless) bunch of baddies.
Ceirtanly the acting is lame, and the sets are extremely simple. (That's the advantage of simulating a space ship) A reasonable dialogue is almost non-existent, and the fights are boring.
On the other hand, some visual effects are nice. You get to see the typical women prision where every inmate is scantily clad. Kari Wuhrer looks beautiful, as always. And there is a fight scene between Kari and a big guy in a water tank which I found very exciting (perhaps the only one in the movie).
So, if you like Kari, or if you are a teenager with nothing else to do in the afternoon, or if you are into powerful, ruthless, terminator-like heroines, well, then rent it, but do it at your own risk. Otherwise, read a book.
Blaming a small meteorite (as some of the most unbeliavable stupid argument I've heard in a movie) the prisioners get free and take over the ship and set them to crash into L.A. Then there is no other option than to send Kari to the rescue: Relatives of the bad guys, we're sorry to inform you that a gorgeous little woman is about to terminate a full-armed, fierce (but stupid, nevertheless) bunch of baddies.
Ceirtanly the acting is lame, and the sets are extremely simple. (That's the advantage of simulating a space ship) A reasonable dialogue is almost non-existent, and the fights are boring.
On the other hand, some visual effects are nice. You get to see the typical women prision where every inmate is scantily clad. Kari Wuhrer looks beautiful, as always. And there is a fight scene between Kari and a big guy in a water tank which I found very exciting (perhaps the only one in the movie).
So, if you like Kari, or if you are a teenager with nothing else to do in the afternoon, or if you are into powerful, ruthless, terminator-like heroines, well, then rent it, but do it at your own risk. Otherwise, read a book.
Delightfully MST3Kable
kargman16 May 2002
This is one of those SF movies that continues Hollywood's decades-long tradition of making fools of themselves in the SF genre. It's the story of Kari Wuhrer, sexy as always, who's a secret govt. agent blah blah blah. It opens with tasty footage of scantily clad women in metal chastity belts and collar and gag sets and skimpy T-shirts working on emeralds, which was obviously borrowed from an earlier Simandl flick, "Sleeping Dogs." It's by far the best thing in the movie, and Simandl did in fact make some subsequent movies that use them much more effectively, i.e. Rage of the Innocents.
The plot about the spaceship crashing into Los Angeles, which takes up the bulk of the movie, is really dull. It mostly involves people arguing, running, hitting each other and shooting each other, for no apparent reason. There are some delightful MST3K bits, like the official butt inspector and the shot of the Argos Women's Prison Colony dated 2029. Apparently, we will have interstellar colonies within thirty years, and the first thing we will build on them will be women's prisons! This is definitely a movie to mock as you watch it.
The plot about the spaceship crashing into Los Angeles, which takes up the bulk of the movie, is really dull. It mostly involves people arguing, running, hitting each other and shooting each other, for no apparent reason. There are some delightful MST3K bits, like the official butt inspector and the shot of the Argos Women's Prison Colony dated 2029. Apparently, we will have interstellar colonies within thirty years, and the first thing we will build on them will be women's prisons! This is definitely a movie to mock as you watch it.
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