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Preview Plot: Genius scientist and adventurer Buckaroo Banzai does battle with some aliens that are unleashed after a high-speed car experiment opens another dimension.

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Recent Reviews

  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 23, 2008
    Inspired lunacy in the sci-fi idiom that really does defy easy description. A brilliant cast performs in a very silly film made by very intelligent people. There's nothing else quite like it.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 10, 2008
    Feels like somebody gave a 15 year old a budget to direct a movie. The main problem though is WAY too much Peter Weller and not NEARLY enough John Lithgow.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 15, 2008
    Insane, all over the place and at some times incomprehensible but in not way bad. Better each time it's watched with some real nice visual effects and interesting creatures.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 10, 2008
    This film wasn't ahead of its time...it was from another dimension (no pun intended) altogether! The plot is overly complicated and it seems like we've been dumped into the middle of an even bigger story. On the other hand, the cast is great, especially Lithgow, and the music is fun. Points have to be given for creating such an imaginative world. Probably the coolest 80's movie around.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 25, 2008
    A perfect film. A comedic sci-fi genre mashup. Now where's Buckaroo Banzai vs The World Crime League?
    No matter where you go, there you are.

Comments

  • ekgjester9
    It's like a train wreck in the making composed entirely of one-liners. You feel a bit guilty and wrong for doing it... but you HAVE to watch.
    posted 457 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (PG)
  • Directed by: W.D. Richter
  • Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
  • Released: January 1, 1984
  • DVD Released: January 1, 2002

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