Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

arthursranch What's not to like about this film? Mindless action, great characters, dime-novel romance, wonderful scenes and scenery, ridiculous premise, even more ridiculous action sequences, gender confusion (from the DVD cover, "She's your man").And more, no message (OK, a really weak and fun one, capped by my favorite quote having to do with a cola-based soft drink), creditable acting, Ben Johnson AND Harry Carey Jr. Most of all, this film is visually highly original/creative. I wonder sometimes how such a movie gets produced (like, how did Michael Nesmith get Repo Man out of the Hollywood grinder?).My DVD front cover lists Melanie Griffith and Ben Johnson but not David Andrews, who was excellent. A more well-known male lead would not have worked (in my opinion). Tim Thomerson's part is memorable. I enjoy the sci-fi back-references such as the cameo by the original GORT, a sci-fi tradition.I rate it a 7.5/10, I put it on the same shelf as Legally Blond, and I play it when I just want G-rated entertainment (and no CGI). I liked Melanie Griffith's portrayal/character a lot.

Scott LeBrun Sure it's all too obviously influenced by "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior", but it's still consistently engaging entertainment for cult film enthusiasts. Credit has to go to production designer John Jay Moore and cinematographer Jacques Haitkin for giving it just the right slightly futuristic look, and it's got some gorgeous rural vistas to take in. It's a little episodic, but it's also got some energy, and some nifty moments.Melanie Griffith offers a delightful performance as female "tracker" E. Johnson (the E stands for Edith), hired by lonely man Sam Treadwell (a fairly stiff David Andrews) to take him to a dangerous area where he can find a replacement for his robot wife Cherry (Pamela Gidley). On their journey they run into colourful characters played by such wonderful acting veterans as Ben Johnson, who's endearing as Six Fingered Jake, and Harry Carey Jr., as Snappy Tom.You know you'll be in for a good time when you look over that supporting cast: Marshall Bell, Laurence Fishburne, Michael C. Gwynne, Brion James, Jack Thibeau, and Robert Z'Dar. The always welcome Tim Thomerson has a particularly amusing role as an unconventional desert dwelling despot, whose followers have it in for people such as Edith. Overall the movie isn't overly flashy, but it's pretty exciting at times, especially the entire sequence with the crane and the water pipe. The soaring score composed by Basil Poledouris ("Conan the Barbarian", "RoboCop", etc.) is fine accompaniment.Although Thomerson as Lester shows himself to be a serious psycho, this never gets too, too unpleasant, with director Steve De Jarnatt keeping the action moving and having fun with the offbeat little details provided by screenwriter Michael Almereyda (story credit goes to executive producer Lloyd Fonvielle). "Cherry 2000" does know how to send you away with a smile on your face. It may have gotten a limited release in theatres in the 1980s, but 26 years later it proves enjoyable enough to deserve a rediscovery.Seven out of 10.

thekarmicnomad I saw this in the 80's and loved it. OK things have moved on and maybe I should take off these rose tinted spectacle, but I don't want to.If you were born after 1990 and are thinking of watching this then you should know, before parting with your cash, that sci-fi films from the period (unless someone threw a tower block sized wad of cash at them) tended to be a bit lame.The effects here are ludicrously bad (even for the 80s) at one point what appears to be Aires Rock is taken out with a rocket launcher.The editing and direction are very sloppy. The bad guys were obviously filmed by a separate crew as they never seem to fire in the direction of the good guys.If you are a child of the 90s+ you will wonder... Why is there no gore or sex? Why do the explosions look so lame? Why have they gone to such lengths to make the leading ladies arse look so huge? What the hell is with that cheesy music? But this is a piece of movie history gold. Where else do the bad guys (with no apparent sense of irony) do the hokey cokey? Where do you get such genius narrative as(when bad guy sends his henchmen off) 'Keep the sun out of your eyes and be yourself?'If you are not used to 80s budget films this will seem very poor indeed (especially when you consider 'Alien' and 'Star Wars' pre-date this) but if you can get into the spirit of the era you will love this.

charleyburch There is little that can be said positive about the soundtrack, wardrobe, acting, directing, blocking, editing, cinematography, casting, sound, lighting, locations or writing regarding this "B for bad" movie. There are constant continuity problems. There is hardly any symmetry between the characters. All of the futuristic technology was last eighties products when the film was shot. The only futuristic or forward thinking thing about the movie was the 3 year leap in the title. The frightening thing about this movie is that the actors were probably not cheap and the producers wasted and or lost a ton of money. I realize now why it took me 24 years to watch 30 min of this movie.Charley Burch