Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Sarah and the Doctor return from the Middle Ages to find London nearly deserted. The city is under martial law. Only the army and some stray looters remain. As the Doctor and his newest companion soon discover, central London has been invaded... by dinosaurs. Invasion of the Dinosaurs is a very ambitious story. The dinosaur puppets aren't very convincing. Many of the sets wobble whenever anyone opens or closes a door. And the real meat of the story is both anti-authoritarian and a subversion of the environmentalist ideals we saw back in The Green Death. It's a great serial but, because of all those flaws, it is something that you have to be willing to meet halfway.

Rating: I'm never wrong%

Joysticks

Jefferson Bailey's arcade is the place to be. The nerds love it, the punks love it and, most importantly, the babes love it. In fact, it seems like the only one in town who doesn't love the arcade is local business man Joseph Rutter. Rutter and his two blundering nephews will stop at nothing to close down the arcade. It's up to Jefferson Bailey and his employees to save the arcade, snag the babes, and finally defeat King Vidiot in an epic video game duel.

And if you've read this far, it should come as no surprise that it isn't a very good movie. It's fitting to call it an exploitation film. It's dumb and it's sleazy and it isn't very well made. It's surprising that they were able to get permission to use Pac-Man so prominently in the movie. If you're into character actors, it's worth noting that Joe Don Baker and Jon Gries (The Monster Squad) are in the movie. Other than that, I can only recommend it to hardcore connoisseurs of 1980s trash.

Rating: 52%

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