Mike Boas (mikeboas)

So bad it's good. Lots of big explosions, crazy chases, and fight scenes for such a low budget movie, but the plot, dialogue, and acting are ridiculous. Brandon Lee channels Bruce Campbell at his cheesiest as a mercenary trying to save German scientist Ernest Borgnine, who is kidnapped in Cuba by an evil Austrian and his Russian henchmen who then go to Namibia to mine for diamonds to use in a laser power source that will take over the world by starting WWIII.... you get the idea. Hysterical.

Wes Craven comes back, guns a blazing. He didn't direct, but acted as producer and co-writer. This story follows the logic of the first movie much more closely, but there's almost too much plot. The characters are thinly drawn, with one or two easy to remember characteristics. (This is actually more than some Friday the 13th characters get, so maybe it's not worth complaining about.) What makes the movie compelling is the special effects. Unlike the previous two entries, Dream Warriors really pulls out the stops. Showpieces include stop motion animation, a giant animatronic Freddy worm head, and a series of climactic mirror gags that totally stumped me. Those are some good optical effects.

Truck? What truck?

WORKSHED!