Hmmmmm...Bill(Sans Ted)'s Inexplicable Journey! Whoa, man..

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 1999)

Okay, I finally saw this one, last night in fact at my brother's. Actually liked it quite a lot, though it really was a Bruce Lee/John Woo Chop socky fest in Terminator's clothing, to my mind. That is not a bad thing, mind-loved Lee's good stuff and Face-Off, so....throw in the Machines-get-smart-and- takeover bit from Terminator(plus countless other Sci-fi stories)and you have this.
Keanu Reaves is Keanu Reaves, same guy as he ever was in the Bill and Ted films, Point Break, Speed and so forth. Every once in a while, ala Patrick Swayze or Kurt Russell, he burbles up to the surface with a new hit. I think he was okay for what he was supposed to do. Loved having(SPOILER ALERT!!) Guido the Killer Pimp from 'Risky Business' to the obligatory Turncoat move here too. And kudos to the guys who cast 'Trinity', this gal was right there with 'Vasquez' in Aliens. Very nice.
You gotta like a film that takes the 'Men in Black' stereo-type and makes them your bad guys, mixing them in with the T-1000 liquid metal guy in Terminator II. Quite good. Very stylish, violent, interesting nod to 'War of the Worlds'-having tentacled squids keeping us penned up as food or fuel or whatever too.
I think a sequel would be fun and look forward to it. But then I said the same about after seeing Aliens and Robocop I, and look what happened to Those franchises.
Gazzo-2's rating? ***1/2 outta ****-very good. '