If you like watching cars, buildings, and other objects go KABOOM, then maybe you'll be interested in the low budget Charles Band production, LASERBLAST. Young pretty boy blonde, Billy(Kim Milford) finds a powerfully destructive laser which works when he wears a necklace containing a pendant..in the desert outside a California town, one alien humanoid is killed by two alien monster adversaries, with the laser and neck-laced pendant the only remains. Billy is a rather moody, melancholy kid whose mom, a stewardess, is always off to Alcapulco, as he's often contending with police deputy, Pete Ungar(Dennis Burkley) who enjoys writing him tickets, and two local bullies, Froggy(Eddie Deezen, if you can believe it!)and Chuck(Mike Bobenko)who actually attempt to rape his girlfriend, Kathy(Cheryl Smith). Meanwhile an agent, Tony Craig(Gianni Russo, whose character is awfully underwritten and ambiguous)is searching for evidence of potential danger to humankind. The sheriff(..television veteran Ron Masak)is all too willing to assist Craig in any way possible. Billy, when the pendant touches his chest, is controlled by the alien's presence(..the one who once wore it, I guess)which forces him to blow his enemies(..and lots of objects, as well)to smithereens.
Keenan Wynn is Kathy's senile military grandfather Colonel Farley and Roddy McDowell is the town physician who removes a small plate that was forming into Billi's chest where the pendant had rested. Neither of these actors have lucrative roles of any importance, which is a shame. Neat stop motion work by Dave Allen whose claymation aliens actually operate a space ship and fire their zap rays, ridding us of those who wish to harm and destroy.
I wouldn't dare claim that this is a good movie..it's not in the slightest. There are filler scenes featuring characters whose mundane activities mean so little to whatever plot there was to begin with. The sole reason this film was made was to see all sorts of things(..such as a mail box, Star Wars billboard(!), and pinball machine)explode, the objects destroyed engulfed in slow motion flames. I didn't mind that actually. I just said "f#ck it" and quit caring, watching as Billy's metamorphosis into a humanoid alien(..his eyes and face transform into a hideous visage)yields devastating consequences to all those who ever crossed the kid. Milford and Smith make an attractive couple. Burkley, as the rotund deputy always snatching away his partner, Deputy Jesse Jeep's(Barry Cutler)food, doesn't fail to entertain us. Catchy score from Richard Band and Joel Goldsmith who give the film a unique feel that actually somehow enhances it. For some reason, the movie entertained me more than it ever should have.
Keenan Wynn is Kathy's senile military grandfather Colonel Farley and Roddy McDowell is the town physician who removes a small plate that was forming into Billi's chest where the pendant had rested. Neither of these actors have lucrative roles of any importance, which is a shame. Neat stop motion work by Dave Allen whose claymation aliens actually operate a space ship and fire their zap rays, ridding us of those who wish to harm and destroy.
I wouldn't dare claim that this is a good movie..it's not in the slightest. There are filler scenes featuring characters whose mundane activities mean so little to whatever plot there was to begin with. The sole reason this film was made was to see all sorts of things(..such as a mail box, Star Wars billboard(!), and pinball machine)explode, the objects destroyed engulfed in slow motion flames. I didn't mind that actually. I just said "f#ck it" and quit caring, watching as Billy's metamorphosis into a humanoid alien(..his eyes and face transform into a hideous visage)yields devastating consequences to all those who ever crossed the kid. Milford and Smith make an attractive couple. Burkley, as the rotund deputy always snatching away his partner, Deputy Jesse Jeep's(Barry Cutler)food, doesn't fail to entertain us. Catchy score from Richard Band and Joel Goldsmith who give the film a unique feel that actually somehow enhances it. For some reason, the movie entertained me more than it ever should have.