I guess when a movie is named THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION, you shouldn't expect subtlety. But isn't it okay to expect a story or at least a coherent plot?
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Buckaroo, a neurosurgeon, rock star, adventurer with an eccentric band of followers/rockers named the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
I THINK that they battle some aliens, try to break the land speed record, drive through a mountain into another dimension, but honestly, I was so bored and so baffled for the entire film that your guess is as good as mine.
John Lithgow is a crazy doctor and Lord who spends most of the film screaming his lines, Jeff Goldblum wears cowboy outfits that made Woody from Toy Story look urban chic, Ellen Barkin is Penny Priddy and Christopher Lloyd spends most of the movie in a cheap alien mask.
If I knew what was going on, I'd be happy to share plot points, but writer Earl Mac Rauch (New York, New York) seems to think odd is smart and he's not helped by Director WD Richter (this was his only film in the chair) who never corrals anything into a real film.
Boring, stupid, incoherent in ANY dimension, the film ends with a big announcement about Buckaroo's NEXT movie adventure.
uh....yeah, that didn't happen.
Banzai!!!! Here's an F for your efforts.
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