Of course it's dumb but I get the appeal

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2020)

As a child of the 80s who's seen every other movie like this one it truly is bizarre I never managed to watch this cult-ish one until now. There is no denying this is a stupid movie and everything about it is not great: script, acting, etc. and I don't even think it was as self aware as something like a Big Trouble in Little China when it came out so it's hard to see it just like a joke movie. If I had seen it as a kid in 1989, I might have liked it and would still have fond memories of it, making it worth re-watching. Watching it now I still had some good nostalgia-induced laughs at some particularly ridiculous scenes and I had a good time overall. I would not necessarily recommend it to newer generations as a must-see from the 80s though.