Timelock

A science fiction movie set on a penal colony planet. There the similarity with Alien 3 ends. Most of the bad guys act like gay porn stars, the ex bond Girl, Maryam d'Abo, naturally can't act. A slight saving Grace is Ayre Gross, a well known TV actor, who is the best thing in a bad movie.

This film is not merely watchable, it's genuinely entertaining. It has its flaws. It has many many flaws. It's like someone brought a bag of flaws into the cinema, opened it with too much gusto, and they went EVERYWHERE!

But, like stormtroopers, all of them miss and none of them matter. Despite the best efforts of those flaws, this film is not just watchable, but genuinely entertaining.

All of the actors can act. Not only that, but all of them can act with, at least, a modicum of screen presence; something you almost never see in post-milennial B-movies. Each one is a character acting and each scene is a character comedy vignette. They never quite manage to be laugh out loud funny; but, crucially, they are engaging, and they are able to create convincing chemistry between their characters. It's a solid six.

I found this on a list of bad Sci Fi movies, and with my Bad Movie obsession, and my love of Sci Fi, I had to watch it.

This one is a stinker, though. I don't feel its on the level of an it's so bad it's good movie. It's just mediocre Sci Fi, poor "effects", and just bad acting. Which...is expected when I hunt down these horrible films. But usually there is at least an underlying sense of fun and/or that nice coating of cheese. Timelock doesn't have that extra.

I struggled through this one and lost attention quickly.

Smoke was good, but did nothing to help save this movie. Moving on to the next one quickly!

I just saw this movie on DVD. It was very fun for a no budget Sci-Fi movie. I just loved Jeffrey Meek's performance - sleek with a touch of camp - great delivery and killer expressions. I will watch this one again.

This is the type of movie that you rented on VHS from your local store back in the day, consumed with junk food and a few beers, and then perhaps evaluate your life choices after the night is done. The point being, this is not a movie to take at all seriously. It's a camp throwaway affair, poorly conceived and put together. If you start to think at all while watching this, you'll be struck by how tragic a state the careers of Martin Kove and Maryam d'Abo must have been at the time. It's a step just above amateur, as in the very next step. Only really worth a watch if you have a passing interest in bad movies.