Review of Howard the Duck (1986) by Robert B — 01 Apr 2009

Been a long time since I watched this ( I actually saw it in the theatre.) Looks very dated now but if you buy into the Duck suit much like you had yo buy into the premise of the Comic Book it's based on, you can have a fun time watching it.

The Ultralight chase was a lot more interesting than say the Podrace scene. Tim Robbins was really good as was most of the cast. In the DVD bonus material it was mentioned this was originally planned as a animated film in the style of Fritz The Cat.

I wish Lucas had done it that way. But even then if it was Heavy Metal lite I don't think most audiences would get the source material of Howard and especially it being from Star Wars/ Indiana Jones creator Lucas.

This film for me falls into the what could've been cool category of sci-fi movies: Buckaroo Banzai, Howard The Duck...