Review of Sky High

Sky High (1985)
2/10
this is so bad it's almost good
22 May 2006
Warning: Spoilers
You never really quite know what's going on, and some of the acting is unspeakably terrible, amongst the worst I've ever seen. The plot is not so much full of holes as gaping bottomless-pitted crevasses. Nevertheless I can't give it a 1/10, there is something about it that makes it riveting viewing, just to see the next mind-bogglingly acted scene or twist in the "plot". I have to also give it marks for originality as well, and the rickshaw-chase scene with the two heroes throwing eggs at the villain was a camp masterpiece that had me in stitches. I mean, it's so frightening it's almost good! Remembering that it was filmed in 1985 in the middle of cold war hysteria, it does look a little bit dated now with the KGB and all, but it was certainly a reasonable idea that could have been executed better, although that might have taken it out of the realm of the truly pathetic and into the humdrum of the forgettable.
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