Rutger Hauer in 1982
did the impossible: He stole “Blade Runner” from Harrison Ford, copping the
greatest ad-lib in film history, talking tears and attack ships. “Crossworlds”
is no “Blade Runner,” or much of anything. It follows a college student (Josh
Charles, later of “Sports Night”) who gets swept up in an adventure with
powerful warriors (Hauer as the wise elder and Andrea Roth as the hot-head
fighter) who can jump dimensions using magical sticks as they battle for the
universe’s survival against a natty, nattering British type (Stuart Wilson).
There’s a whole bit about Charles’ student’s dead father being a genius/archeologist/hero,
but I forget the details. Plot holes abound, the story seems random, and I kept
waiting for the pace to quicken after countless scenes of Wilson’s villain yammering
about power, me thinking, please, someone kill
someone. Threats of sequel arise. None ever came. Thank the gods. C-
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Crossworlds (1996)
Labels:
1996,
Andrea Roth,
college,
dimensions,
fantasy,
Josh Charles,
Rutger Hauer,
sci-fi,
Stuart Wilson
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