Solarfighters (1986)

Solarfighters: Directed by Alan Johnson. With Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas. In a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the military, a group of renegade teenage orphans find a legendary orb, Bohdai, that can supposedly bring the rain back to dried up Earth.

“u0026quot;Solarbabiesu0026quot; apparently wasnu0026#39;t given much of a theatrical release by MGM. After seeing the movie, I can understand why they apparently decided to cut their losses. To be fair, the outdoor locations are pretty eye-catching (the movie was shot in Spain), and the sets look like some serious money and time was spent on their construction. But aside from those things, thereu0026#39;s not much more praiseworthy to bring up. The movie is really confusing at times, with several plot points brought up so suddenly in the narrative that Iu0026#39;m pretty confident Iu0026#39;m correct in thinking the movie was severely cut in the editing room, taking away the introduction and explanation to these plot points. Despite this editing, there are still plenty of ridiculous things to be found in the movie, like the youths getting around in this post-apocalypse world on roller-skates. But most of these ridiculous things are just mildly amusing, not insane enough to make this worth seeing on a camp level. Will anyone like it? Well, I have an idea that (very young) kids – especially kids who have not seem many better fantasy movies – might get some enjoyment out of it, but Iu0026#39;m sure theyu0026#39;ll still question a lot of the movieu0026#39;s incoherent moments.”