Peter Weller has an amazing, angular face. This is the man who became
Robocop! Here in Adventures Weller is Buckaroo, a
many of many talents: surgeon, musician, scientist, lover, fighter,
dreamer, and social magnet. Buckaroo may exemplify what many of us
dream of being - a dilettante - able to try and succeed at anything.
Just like Buckaroo can be anything, this movie is basically every genre:
romance, science fiction, adventure, drama, and western. Of course,
you can't do all of those things at the same time and expect to succeed
right? Well, that's ok since what the movie lacks in cohesion and
character development, it makes up for in charm. Buckaroo oozes
creativity from its silly characters, set-design, costumes, special
effects, and the sincerity of the performances. The 8th Dimension is
just one episode in Buckroo's serial, for which we can only all the
films that came before and after. An amazing ensemble includes: Jeff
Goldblum, Jon Ligthgow, Ellen Barkin, Clancy Brown and more. These
people are bad asses! It must have been a riot of a film to make. Even
at the end all the characters are brought back to life, walking in a
chorus line across the LA River! Director WD Richter went on to write
the equally charming Big Trouble in Little China. I watched all the
extras and hearing how the film became a cult classic was inspiring.
Despite being an poorly marketed flop for the studio, the movie founds
its audience over the years, especially amongst college kids. The
talking-head interviews are indicative of the passion that went into the
film.
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