Numerootno
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Smartlink
Slipstream is a retro sci-fi cult classic in my book. It features a very solid performance by Mark Hamil. It's a remarkable effort but it does fall short of achieving it's potential. The plot is a bit simplistic and slow but it's not the snore-fest people some people say it is. Paxton is blast to watch as always. The biggest obstacle this movie faced was it's lack of funding. The world it is sets in is an interesting premise. Decent underutilized cast, Gary Kurtz said in an interview that the script was originally much more violent, but that these violent scenes, which would have made the plot more coherent, were never filmed. The visuals and camera work are not that great, but still manage to do the job.
Rainey Dawn
This is one of those really oddball, strange films that is so weird but so entertaining at the same time that I tend to enjoy it type of movies.Mark Hamill is Tasker and is looking really good in this film - he's sorta a good-bad guy character, good "cop" but has a really wide bad streak in him - he doesn't see how good Byron really is, all he knows is to bring him in for murder.Bob Peck is Byron. Byron is an android and he's wanted for murder - but there is more to that than meets the eye. Byron reminds me so much of Star Trek's Data when he started his dancing - I had to laugh.Bill Paxton is an outlaw type that turns out to be a really good guy with a heart of gold. He reminds me of a comical version of Jim Morrison in this film for some strange reason - maybe it's the hair? Ha-Ha-Ha.Overall I was very entertained by this film. I found it a nice surprise in the Sci-Fi Invasion 50-Pack Films.7/10
dglink
A somewhat inept, but good-natured bounty hunter kidnaps a mysterious taciturn murderer from an equally inept law-enforcement team, and an unexciting chase ensues. Set in the future after natural disasters referred to the Convergence, "Slipstream" is a ho-hum sci-fi effort for undemanding viewers. Despite boasting a score by Elmer Bernstein and cameos by Academy Award winners F. Murray Abraham and Ben Kingsley, Steven Lisberber's film is time filler at best. Bill Paxton as a wannabe Han Solo, piloting a flimsy two-seat plane rather than a space craft, has a cocky charm, but top-billed Mark Hamill as a lawman is wooden at best. The third lead, the late Bob Peck, plays the kidnapped murderer that Hamill pursues; as a multi-talented android straight out of an episode of "Star Trek," Peck shows his acting chops by holding a straight face while uttering his weighty corn-ball lines.The cinematography is mediocre, which is unfortunate because the Turkish Cappodoccian shooting locations have a dramatic other-worldly appeal. Flitting from stone-age villages to abandoned museums and across barren landscapes, the story moves around with gaps of logic and credibility. However unlikely, the requisite love interests are introduced, even for the android, who suddenly develops skillful moves on the dance floor and human feelings of which he feels unworthy. If there is nothing else to see on a dreary rain-soaked afternoon, look again before watching "Slipstream." Paxton's charm is unfortunately all that the film offers, and he displayed that in other more worthy vehicles.
BA_Harrison
1989—six years after the third and final chapter in the Star Wars trilogy: Harrison Ford is a Hollywood megastar, Carrie Fisher is a best-selling novelist, and even Warwick Davis is enjoying the high life, having been leading man in Ron Howard's fantasy flick Willow. Mark Hamill, on the other hand, is struggling to find anything other than minor TV roles and voice-over work since hanging up his light sabre. Could a major role in Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz's post apocalyptic sci-fi Slipstream be just the thing to revive his flagging career?Does a wookie like losing? Does C3PO enjoy space travel? Is George Lucas any good at writing dialogue?Despite Hamill's best efforts, the actor putting in a respectable performance as a ruthless bounty-hunter out to apprehend an android suspected of murder, Slipstream is a monumental stinker of a movie, one that attempts to be both popcorn entertainment and cerebral sci-fi, but which fails in both departments. Horribly flawed, charmless, and disjointed, this misjudged mess boasts soporific direction, dreadful characterisation, a rousing score that is completely incongruous to all that it accompanies, and (Hamill apart) terrible acting, with Bill Paxton giving one of the most irritating performances I have ever seen (God only knows how his career continued to thrive after this fiasco).
