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Tuesday, 18 January 2005


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Grade

Content Grade: B
Sound Grade: B
Extras Grade:
Picture Grade: A

Specs

Directed by Steve De Jarnett MGM Home Video-MSRP$19.95 Dolby digital surround (2.0), French mono 16:9 widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for widescreen TV 98 minutes, color, 1987 Rated PG-13

Review

Another Orion release from MGM Home Video, this no brainer action adventure stars Melanie Griffith as a female bounty hunter in a futuristic setting. While the storyline has many unanswered questions and faults, this adventure story is loaded with action and thrilling stuntwork.
Businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews) has the perfect wife in Cherry( Pamela Gidley), an android who serves him faithfully with sexual excitement. One night, she short circuits and Sam is totally devastated over it. His local repairman can't fix her(she's suffered a totally internal meltdown). He does find another body but it is in the wasteland of the desert. Going to the outskirts of civilization, he hires E. Johnson (Melanie Griffith) to go and get another Cherry 2000. Sam reluctantly comes along to ride shotgun. That's when the fun begins. As they jump barricades and fight off the baddies that occupy this no man's land, they get to know each other pretty well. They encounter an old timer named six fingered Jake (Ben Johnson), and meet up with the chief baddie, played with humor by Tim Thomerson. Gaps in logic and unbelievable stunts make this film a true no brainer. For example, at one point, their customized Ford Mustang is picked up by a crane with a magnet and are swung out over a dam. While fighting off the baddies with rocket launchers, etc. none of the bad guys even think about dropping the car, which would have ended the battle quickly. Instead they stand there and are shot one by one by Griffith, who relishes her tough role. There are other scenes as well but this film is a fantasy in a lot of ways.

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Picture and Sound

Picture-The film from 1987 is still very clean, with bright , well balanced colors. Only a few specks of dust are noticeable during some of the landscape, sky shots in the desert. Artifacts are minimal. The futuristic city shots are interesting, if not a bit Jetson like. The nightclub scene where men arrange for a sexual encounter is really wild, as both sides bring lawyers to negotiate their "deal". Lawrence Fishburn plays a cameo role as a lawyer for one such deal. Sound-The Dolby soundtrack, while not 5.1, is still acceptable in this action thriller. A French mono soundtrack is also available on the disc. Some conversations are a little muddied up in short scenes, but does it really matter in this film? This film is not Academy Award material.

Extras

The release does contain some extras-Way to go, MGM Home Video!. It contains a Making Cherry 2000 documentary and the trailer. It ain't much but it's a start to hopefully more extras in future MGM releases.

Summary

This "Mad Max" type of film is total escape entertainment. Leave your brain at the door. High production values, clever dialog, and spectacular action sequences save this film from being a total laugher. Melanie Griffith, Tim Thomerson, and Ben Johnson highlight the cast's performances. The disc is technically above average, although it could have benefited from 5.1 surround sound. The disc includes a making of documentary which is refreshing for an MGM release.

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