Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox Directed By: Gary Goddard Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 23, 2001 Running Time: 106 minutes Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 1987
Description: Planet Eternia and the Castle of Greyskull are under threat from the evil Skeletor who wants to take over the planet. A group of freedom fighters, led by the heroic He-Man are accidentally transported to Earth by a mysterious Cosmic Key which holds the power to make Skeletor all-powerful. Once on Earth, He-Man joins alliances with two teenagers as they attempt to find the key and return home.
20 Years Later..... When my son was young, he LOVED He-Man - so when this movie came out we couldn't wait to go see it. I thought it was pretty awesome back then. Now, I've bought it for my grandson. I don't know if I'm jaded or just more savvy - I still enjoyed the movie, but the story line was even hokier than the cartoon show - and poor Dolph Lundgren. He's awesome to look at but he can't act - his performance was pretty flat/deadpan. My grandson loves the movie, however, so I guess that's what matters. I strongly recommend this for 20-something parents who have known the joy of sharing He-Man with their kids!!
Ivan Drago Meets Dracula As a child, I watched the cartoon. It was not long before I became bored with it. He Man was just too powerful, and Skeletor was not really an intelligent or strong enough of a rival for He Man. Well, I feel the movie was a MAJOR improvement. Generally speaking, I don't like it when people try to make cartoons into movies. The characters and scenes often look strange. (The live Scooby Doo movie was a perfect example.) I think one reason this movie, worked as well as it did was because they did NOT try to make the live people look EXACTLY like the cartoon characters. Also, while they brought back some familiar characters like He Man, Teela, Man At Arms, Skeletor, Beast Man, and Evil Lynne, they also added some new ones like Blade. Onto the review. While this is a fantasy environment, somehow, we accept it as real from the point where Frank Langella marches into Castle Greyskull. Frank Langella (formerly Dracula) is PHENOMENAL as Skeletor. He makes him evil, intelligent, and a villain who instills major fear. (Yet we still like him in a way, most probably through Frank Langella's great acting.) We then meet our heroes He Man, Man At Arms, and Teela. In the movie, they are NOT the stiff, boring, and invulnearable characters they were in the cartoon. He Man is strong, but he does get injured from time to time. Man At Arms emphasizes that they have to eat. And Teela gets a bit impulsive from time to time. GREAT! Dolph Lundgren will probably always be most known as the sociopathic boxer Ivan Drago in "Rocky IV" who had a really limited vocabulary, killed Apollo Creed, and left Rocky with brain damage and unable to fight anymore. But in this movie, Lundgren shows his abilities as an actor MUCH more. He sets the 1st end of the circle in motion when he tells Skeletor: "It was always between us." Skeletor gains the upperhand, and our heroes escape to our time, where they make friends. (One of them is a girl who lost her parents in a plane accident.) The movie does drag at times, but not too often. When an effort to capture He Man fails, Skeletor puts Evil Lynne in charge of the effort. In an especially evil moment, Evil Lynne manipulates a girl's most vulnerable emotions. Evil Lynne is an interesting character in that while she stands up to Skeletor from time to time, she seems to be able to manipulate the fact that Skeletor likes her. But she also serves him very well. Moving on, Skeletor's powers increase, and despite his evil, it's virtually impossible for us to not like him in a way. In a huge climactic moment, He Man's forces and Skeletor's forces clash. While we can guess who will come out on top, there is something unforgettable about how He Man restates something he said in the early part: "I told you it was always between us," to which Skeletor responds: "Yes! Let this be our final battle!" While I feel it could have went a bit longer, the final fight between He Man and Skeletor is a great end to this excellent film. While not quite a masterpiece, it was an excellent movie, and a major improvement over the cartoon. Between the well written story, the plausible feelings of sorrow Julie feels over her lost parents, the heroic but flawed He Man, Man At Arms, and Teela, the well done photography, the well placed and not overdone action scenes, interesting villains, the wicked, but still charming Evil Lynne, and the phenomenal energy Frank Langella put into Skeletor, this is a real GREAT flick.
What was this about? Am a big fan of Dolph Lundgren films... have quite a collection on DVD's, but this one put me to sleep. There may be some tie in with possibly a comic book series or something, don't really pay much attention to movies based on comic books, some series, or particular charactors, so can't comment on that aspect of it, but this particular title totally lost me from the beginning, and it wasn't long before I was snoring away. Maybe I need to give this one more chance, maybe a bit earlier in the evening, and hope that it will hold my attention better.
Super fast delivery! That's all I gotta say, super fast delivery. Got it in less than two days and I only paid for standard shipping. Great product!!!
Masters of the Universe the movie Great movie, wonderful condition,a wonderful adventure for children of all ages and Frank Langella did a great job as skellator.
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