Fatal Conflict

Now that I've watched this on video I have a vague sense that I may have seen it in a theater. If it was ever in a theater. In any case,it is a sad effort and not even outstandingly bad enough to etch itself into the memory. Plot: girl in the future who has a Past can redeem herself with whatever government there is (embodied in a single official known as the Governor) by stopping an outlaw space craft that is hurtling down to destroy Los Angeles. She's intrepid; she's resourceful; she has martial arts moves. She finds chemistry with the captive commander of the destruction-bent craft. And it appears that all along the descending menace could just be taken out with missiles. Go figure. It is sad to see Jennifer Rubin here as a villain kinkily bonded to her brother. Silliest scene is probably the one with the female prisoner coming on to the suspected lesbian prison guard. See this while trapped at home waiting for a repairman.

Kari Whurer that is - and no pun intended. But also Jennifer Rubin - I reckon she had to take roles like this to pay the bills and all that. Did not expect to see her in a movie ... anyway, if you are into low budget movies ... there are worse movies to watch.

On the other hand if you are a fan of Ms. Wuhrer, you may be a bit dissapointed. She seems excited enough (or is it the cold?), but never shows off what her mama gave her (that's what it is called right?). Of course if this is what you are after there are a lot of other movies where you can find that ... satisfaction. Here it is a mixture of action and Science Fiction ... with bad set design. Or very obvious fake sets - something that you also had with older Science Fiction movies - but they had a different charm.

A lot of cliches here ... not sure if you are able to deal with them ... action is subpar - but again, low budget. Don't expect too much and maybe you can have some entertainment/fun with this.

This movie follows the exploits of two villains, a brother-sister team, who get busted for running an emerald mine, and then take over a spaceship and try to crash it into Los Angeles. They are chased by Kari Wuhrer, sexy female commando of the future. Overall, the senselessness of the plot is overwhelming. Why don't the powers that be send a commando team to retake the ship that's headed for Los Angeles? In a conversation, the head bad guy is even told that if a commando team was sent in, he'd be dead. And why is Wuhrer sent in under "deep cover"? Are they trying to keep it a secret that they're trying to save LA? And those are only two of the more glaring mess-ups. There are literally dozens.

As far as the characters, Wuhrer isn't much of a commando. She's easily disarmed by the captain of the spaceship. But she does run around in a wet T-shirt quite a bit, so I guess... The bad guys? The guy looks like a chubby lounge singer from the '70s; every time I saw him I imagined him wearing a tux and crooning out a version of "Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree". And his sister, though very cute and certainly talented at filling out a tight T-shirt, is way, way too nice to be a villain.

But the movie realizes its shortcomings and makes up for them with liberal amounts of pretty girls in sexy outfits (though no actual nudity). The special effects aren't too bad, and overall the action does move the film along nicely. If you're willing to overlook the numerous shortcomings in the plot, it manages to entertain. I'd recommend it only for those who are fans of this type of film (like me).

I'm not a gun nut but if you are going to be in an action movie with gun scenes you should at least take a few hour course and that includes the special effects people. Hollywood promotes gun illiteracy and its sickening. Scantily clad women and upshots and down the shirt shots is par for the course for B movies in Hollywood but please stop promoting unsafe gun practice and expectations.

The movie itself Had very low expectations going into it. The plot has Johnny Mnemonic/Bladerunner vibes. Corporations vs government. If you have an hour and a half to waste, go play ping pong or sort your laundry. I will finish the show but I won't tell anyone its worth watching. I swear this was made for 12 year old boys just for views.

Borrows scenes from "5th Passenger". I saw this on Vudu, the Walmart streaming site. For the free movies, they probably get them in bulk from some provider. Many of them were made by the same source; who have overlap in the editing/splicing process. It gets five stars, because it did keep my attention. Some of the Vudu offerings are movies which are like trying to walk a dog; who doesn't want to go in that direction. You end up dragging the dog by the neck; and nobody has fun. Some movies are like that.