Joyfully bad

Rating: 2/10 (30 November 2010)

This movie has been out and about for full 20 years now, and amazingly I first saw it yesterday. If only I knew...
This is one of those special films that are so bad they are actually enjoyable. Had I seen it way back when it was still new, I strongly believe I would have been seriously offended, maybe even asked my money back. But the passage of time has been generous to it, and now Arnie's wooden one-liners can finally be perceived as hilarious. I admit it, I laughed my head off at least three times.
Apparently, someone paid about $60 million for this mess, and that was twenty years ago. This is mind-boggling, because the special effects look more or less like those of Plan 9 from Outer Space. Which cost about two dollars. But that also adds charm, in much the same way. Come to think of it, Paul Verhoeven is something like Ed Wood on steroids. Lots of steroids. Oceans of steroids, or even galaxies of them.
A good film? Nooooooooooo!!! An enjoyable one? Well, with the right attitude...