This film version of L. Ron Hubbard's futuristic novel is so breathtakingly awful in concept and execution, it wouldn't tax the smarts of a troglodyte. And when it comes to star John Travolta's performance, well, hammy William Shatner's hairpiece is more convincing. The author, better known as the founder of the Church of Scientology, set his post-apocalyptic thriller in Denver in the year 3000.
Humans remain civilized but are now an endangered species.
Most were wiped out during the nine-minute war between Earth and invaders from the planet Psychlo. Somehow the doofus aliens have achieved all this even though they are a couple of kernels shy of a cob. If Butt-head had been born on their planet, he'd be the Psychlodian equivalent of Einstein. The Psychlods are so dumb, they mistake dogs for Earth's sentient species rather than the pooper-scoopers at the other end of the leash. The alien conquerors do not make up for their lack of brains with looks, for they are without a doubt the ugliest species in the known universe.