Review of Masters of the Universe (1987) by Zane T — 11 Jun 2010
It's taken me 23 years to finally sit through this movie and if I don't see it again for anothe 23 years, it will be too soon. This movie might have been fun if it had a little more money to blow on special effects and acting.
Instead, we get a run of the mill 1980's schlock fest. Instead of taking place in Eternia, most of the movie takes place in Whittier, Calif. and there is a subplot about Courtney Cox and her boyfriend and her deceased parents that totally eclipses the He-Man story and He-Man and everyone else in the movie become side characters.
Beastman is a small character and Skeletor is around much for us to realize that he is in fact the villain. As for Dolph Lundgren as He-Man, I can understand why he went on the press junket criticizing this movie.
He is basically reduced to be a second character thanks to the Cox character and Billy Barty as an annoying little troll named Gwildor who is a substitute for Orco but comes off as a 1980's version of Jar-Jar Binks.
While Michael Bay and everyone else seems to recapture their 1980's childhoods by inflicting G.I. Joe and Transmformers movies on us, I don't think they can make an up to date version as bad as this one, becasuse it is very, very awful.
This review of Masters of the Universe (1987) was written by Zane T on 11 Jun 2010.
Masters of the Universe has generally received mixed reviews.
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