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A computer nerd makes a deal with a sexy she-devil to become a muscle-bound beach hunk.

Hunk shares quite a similar idea to the one later used (copied?) in Bedazzled (2000), where we have a hopeless nerd given the chance to become cool by a super-sexy she-devil, with the result that he realises that it is more important to be yourself than superficially good-looking. In that later film we had Elizabeth Hurley turn in a mind-bogglingly seductive performance, in Hunk its Deborah Shelton who is somewhat convincing as a rather hot seductress. The leading ladies certainly are very important to the success of these films but they both also feature other decent performances. In this case it is John Allen Nelson who most impresses in a role that has him play a stereotypical hunky guy while remaining nerdish at heart. It's a good comical performance that works well alongside Shelton's glamorous seductress.

While I wouldn't describe this as an especially funny film, it is definitely a likable one. It is much less moronic than quite a few of the teen comedies of its day and I think it stands up fairly well. It naturally has oodles of 80's cheese as well but that is pretty much a positive detail as far as I am concerned. All-in-all, a very fun film.

I have probably watched this movie way too many times too remember don't want too get too embarrassed but 80's poster model Deborah Shelton is in it and that's enough for me. It's actually probably the worst movie I've ever seen least the worst one that ever hit the theaters remember the hunk in trunk advertisements for your back car window oh please! Anyone who thinks this is a classic 80's movie never was in the 80's. If I want this too be submitted I have to write at least three more lines. So I don't know why I think Deborah Shelton turns me on so much in this movie I mean she doesn't even wear a bikini just a blue one piece swimsuit and some knock your socks off dresses that made me go crazy Maybe I actually am crazy for watching this movie so many times

Potentially interesting premise (a comic variation, of sorts, on the Faust legend) is given a bland, somewhat rushed treatment, and turned into an ordinary, predictable movie that takes itself too seriously near the end. James Coco doesn't make a particularly entertaining Devil, and his various disguises do almost nothing for the film. (*1/2)

Low budget comedy deals with a nerd selling his soul to the devil (James Coco) in order to become a hunk. Charming actors and performances somewhat help buoy uninspired premise and direction. James Coco is just as good as ever in one of his last performances. My rating: 6 out of 10.

We all get our start somewhere and if you look sharp you can spot Brad Pitt as an extra in a scene in Hunk on the beach at Sea Spray California where there is a beautiful beach for beautiful people. Fortunately he would go on to better things.

Hunk is another retelling of the Faust legend a real silly one at that. Nerdy Steve Levitt who is a computer programmer is up against it and says he'll make a deal with old Scratch for a good program. His computer itself writes one for him and as a reward he gets to spend the summer off at Sea Spray beach while he tries to come up with another program winner. Hanging around all these beautiful people and being treated like something stuck to your shoe, Levitt dreams he was one of them.

Now old Scratch himself sends an emissary in Deborah Shelton and she offers him a chance to try out hunkdom. Sure enough over night he's transformed into the drop dead gorgeous John Allen Nelson. Perfection in the male body. itself.

The whole thing really gets downright dumb as Nelson becomes a celebrity after saving the life of Robin Leach wannabe Robert Morse. Will he take the offer? I know I would find it hard to refuse.

James Coco has some good moments as a most epicene devil, but the rest of this is just juvenile and stupid.

But if you like ogling beautiful bodies, you can't go wrong with Hunk.

"Bradley Brinkman" (Steve Levitt) is a computer programmer who daydreams about being somebody other than the nerd he essentially is. Suddenly, a demon by the name of "O'Brien" (Deborah Shelton) appears and makes a deal with him to change everything. He then agrees to a temporary arraignment to sell his soul with a stipulation that if he doesn't like the agreement he can revert to his former self. The next morning, he awakens as a brand-new person named "Hunk Golden" (John Allen Nelson) who all the women simply adore. Anyway, as I recall, the first time I saw this movie was back in the early 90's one evening while watching "USA-Up All Night" hosted by Rhonda Shear. That said, about the only thing I recalled was how great Deborah Shelton looked playing the part of O'Brien. Now, having just seen it again for the first time in over 20 years, I have to concur with my earlier assessment because she definitely adds some nice scenery to this movie. Unfortunately, she was about the only good thing this film had to offer as the rest of it was long, dull and terribly predictable. Not only that, but while it is billed as a comedy, there really wasn't much humor to it. In summation, if you're totally bored or you happen to be a fan of Deborah Shelton then this film might be worth a look. Otherwise, you would probably do best to pass on it. Below average.

This film suffered an early fate echoed in bigger-budget movies made today - that of having a very good idea choked by a mediocre script, bad casting an wretched plot design. Suffice it to say that this film fared better in our childhood memories than it did as a re-run today. One of the travesties in this film was the lack of commitment to the flow of the story demonstrated by the makers of this film. Everything falls short because of this, making the viewer not really care what happens. What we found most offensive were the pathetic special effects. Even B-grade budgets can do better. We recommend bypassing this should you ever actually come across it.

I recall seeing the 'Hunk' poster at the theater back in the 80's, and figured it was another run of the mill TnA flick. A few years after the theatrical release, I caught it on USA "Up All Night", and lo and behold - it was just as I thought. To this day, I still cannot believe there was ever a character, albeit fictional, named "Hunk Golden"! Seriously. Hunk. Golden.

Anyhow, about a year after my private "Up All Night" screening, I happened on this flick again upon returning home from a night of carryin' on. It was 2 am, and my little brother was sitting in the dark with a case of the split sides, while a barrage of Spanish dialogue spewed out of the tube. That's right - it was "Hunk" - en Espanol! The movie took on a new life in Spanish! To this day, I still chuckle at the thought of a crowd of adoring onlookers shouting, "HOUNK PARA PRESIDENTE!"

Bradley works for a computer company as a programmer. His girlfriend ran off with someone else and he has been so despondent, his job is going down the drain. Magically, one night he writes a terrific new program that makes the company big money. Bradley is given many perks, including a summer off and digs at the beach. Nevertheless, Bradley is snubbed by the glamorous folks near his apartment until he makes a "deal" with a beautiful woman who claims to represent the devil, himself. Bradley will get a new body until Labor Day, a body of a hunk. And, wow, on Labor Day he can choose to make his deal with the underworld permanent or he can walk away with his old body. Bradley signs a contract and gets his new bod. Beautiful women suddenly swarm around him and endorsements come his way by the truckload. But, very worried, he goes to see a counselor to help him make sense of the situation. Can she point him in the right direction? This is a stupid movie with little to recommend it. The cast is average, the script is lousy, the costumes are poor, and the production values are very low. What more can one say or need to say? Avoid this film, it is junk. Spend your time looking for a much better romantic comedy, such as Return to Me or Kate and Leopold.

A friend new the director, so I went to the premiere, which was in a prestigious Westwood (L.A.) theatre. We all found it very entertaining.

The story was this: Lawrence Bassoff went to USC film school, where he made a hilarious twenty-minute comedy about an outer space themed Bar Mitzva. http://www.film-making.com/breaking.html

From that, he succeeded in getting a low-budget movie deal from Crown International Pictures for his first commercial film, Weekend Pass, which was moderately successful. Then Crown said they wanted to fund him to make another low-budget film, and they wanted it to be called 'Hunk'. No treatment, no script, no plot ideas. Just make a comedy about a hunk, and do what you want.

A lifelong movie poster collector, he never made another film but has written three books on movie posters.

The absolute, hands-down worse movie I have ever seen. It is also the only film I've ever wanted to walk out of, but couldn't as someone was paying me to review it. I saw it the day it was released, and have never forgotten how bad it was. I love a bad movie, but this one was so far down, it wasn't even "bad but entertaining."

The only thing good about this film is that it holds up a very good looking man as the object of voyeurism (refreshing, since typically in films, women are the exhibitionists and men are the voyeurs). John Allen Nelson certainly lives up to the title.

Other than this, the acting is atrocious. Of course, the script probably didn't leave the actors much to work with. The dialogue seems very stilted and uninspired.

The film is enjoyable in the "it's so bad it's good" vein, though. This is definitely a film for those who like bad movies or just like to see a cute guy in a small swimsuit. Not much else to offer.

Quite how Lawrence Bassoff got a second writing/directorial gig after his appalling sex comedy Weekend Pass I'll never understand, but here it is—Hunk—yet another take on the tale of Faust, in which a nerdy computer programmer by the name of Bradley Brinkman (Steve Levitt) agrees to a devilish trial offer from sexy Satanic minion O'Brien (Deborah Shelton): his soul in exchange for new persona, that of ripped beefcake Hunk Golden (John Allen Nelson), a fancy car, and loads of cash.

The whole Faust shtick offers plenty of opportunities for laughs and smutty humour, and yet somehow Bassoff manages to miss them all, instead giving his viewers a succession of laugh-free scenes in which Hunk struggles to come to terms with his situation, mingles with the shallow inhabitants of exclusive beach resort Sea Spray, and falls for his disbelieving shrink Sunny (Rebeccah Bush). Not only is the film desperately unfunny, but for a Crown International film, Hunk is also surprisingly free of female nudity, making it a double disappointment in my book.

Rather unsurprisingly, this was to be Bassoff's last film, no-one willing to give the guy a third chance to prove what a lousy film-maker he was.

2.5 out of 10, rounded up to 3 for IMDb.

Horrible movie. They must have been cranking out films like this every week during the mid to late 80's. A nerd makes a deal with the Devil so he could look all macho and studly. LAME. Nothing in this movie resembles the slightest notion of entertainment. I'm glad this movie has died and went to the great videotape graveyard. Gone and happily forgotten. Life is too short to waste on tripe like this. Rubbish. F.

Hunk golden name should have been Adonis Dorado, and he should have had the body of a two tonic, beefcake, super-ultimate muscle bound stud/god, that would win Mr Olympia and Mr universe 10 times in a row for the heavyweights. There should have been more sleeping with women scenes. Any comments?

I usually love an '80s movie - the bad fashions, energetic soundtracks, the stupid slang terms such as 'Bohunk'... Unfortunately, this movie falls just short of "so bad it's good" - it's reminiscent of other 80's movies such as 'Meatballs' and 'Can't Buy Me Love' with the 'always picked on nerd' gets a makeover storyline, but it's generally hammy, unbelievable, badly acted, some scenes really do go on too long, and you can spot the plot "twist" a mile off. Essentially, this movie is 80's cheese at it's worst - the funny bits are unintentional and if you want to see a better cheesy 80s movie, I'd suggest viewing the ones I mentioned above.

Still, good for a laugh if you can get to see it for free/little money.

Hunk is a retelling of the proverbial Ugly Duckling tale, only with humans, rather than ducks, epitomizing 80's trends. The makers of Hunk certainly had their work cut out for them whilst making this groundbreaking film, since the affliction of insecurity usually only strikes females with glasses on film.

The story: Bradley invents a successful computer program about yuppies, goes to live in a dilapidated beach house in the California yuppie colony Sea Spray, and discovers that he is quite different from the others because he is a nerd. He has already sold his soul to the devil in order to make the successful computer program, and so, once he wishes to be a hunk, his wish is satisfied by the devil's handmaiden, O'Brien, on whom Bradley develops a crush. Bradley, now Hunk Golden, is unleashed on the unassuming folks of Sea Spray to cause an uproar with his utter hunkiness, which he plays up by wearing a sleeveless, unbuttoned button-up shirt accented by a tie. Nice.

Despite finding love with his psychologist, Sunny, Hunk Golden soon discovers that being a Hunk isn't all he dreamed it would be and so he embarks on a metaphysical battle with the devil, a.k.a. Dr. D. (played by the one and only, James Coco) for his soul. Will Hunk Golden remain a hunk in exchange for his mortal soul, or will he give up his status as a Hunk and live as Bradley Brinkman?

What a relief to finally see a funny, smart, yet insecure male nerd wish to be a brawny, tanned hunk, and to be ironically reminded that the inner beauty of the male can also be obscured by a repulsively unattractive exterior. And Bradley Brinkman didn't even have to wear glasses to represent a nerd, because they just had a different actor portray Hunk Golden.

If you are an insecure nerd, this movie will undoubtedly boost your self-esteem. If not, you'll get lots of laffs from the endless cheese. Highlights: O'Brien dancing at the nightclub, and Hunk's trendsetting style. And, if WWIII ever breaks out, I guess those of us who have watched Hunk will know who's REALLY responsible.

Picked this up for a quarter when our local Video Store was selling off all his VHS tapes. Had seen it around and a fan of James Coco, so thought it would be fun. Well, was I wrong. Well to be honest, James Coco is the best thing in it. This lame comedy about a computer nerd who sells his sole to Dr. D to become a hunk is like one long SNL or SCTV comedy sketch. John Allen Nelson is nice to look at, but then so is his nerdy self Steve Levitt. It's the others around him that are hard to take when they're on screen and don't ask me what Robert Morse is doing here.

I think my twenty-five cent price tag was pretty good for what it turned out to be.