![]() ![]() ![]() The primary bonus feature is a new, retrospective behind-the-scenes documentary which talks to pretty much everyone involved (except Kelly Preston), and is an interesting look into how such a nutso film came into being. 3D is clearly the way the film was meant to be seen. Metalstorm throws everything it can directly at the camera, from cool severed arms all the way to the most mundane of tree branches. That is, unless you have a 3D-capable television, because Shout! have included both the regular and the three-dimensional versions of the film in their new Blu-ray edition, which would surely make the viewing experience far more fun. Plus, Jared-Syn has a doll he can teleport at his enemies and then turn into a full-size monster, like Rita Repulsa on Power Rangers.īuck for buck, you can find better b-movie value in Shout! Factory’s Empire sci-fi double pack, The Dungeonmaster / Eliminators, which both hold up a little better than Metalstorm, at least in terms of comprehensibility. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Metalstorm The Destruction Of Jared Syn - Scream Factory Bluray 3D / 2D - Reg A at the best online prices at eBay Free delivery for many products Skip to main content. Things to look out for include Jared-Syn’s campy costume (complete with rubber pecs), Baal’s badass telescoping arm/Gak squirtgun, and the ‘80s metal video which seems to be constantly feathering Kelly Preston’s hair from just off-camera, even when she’s inside a cave. Still, it has its charms – particularly for Empire fans, who love the b-movie studio for repeatedly attempting to make big, flashy genre movies on inadequate budgets. (The movie’s title itself turns out not only to be pure nonsense, but an outright fib.) Metalstorm was to be the first film of a planned trilogy, which doesn’t help matters – it’s like everything we needed to know to follow along with this film was being saved for its unrealized sequels. It feels like large chunks of plot are missing, and pieces of important backstory are referenced in passing, but never fully explained. The semblance of a story that was strung together smells like knock-off Mad Max, Star Wars, and Dune all at once, never really deciding whether it wanted to be a post-apocalyptic actioner or epic space opera. Metalstorm certainly *looks* ambitious-but that’s nearly all that can be said about it. (The studio had spent good money outfitting theaters to screen that film, and need more three-dimensional product to hedge bets with their investment.) Band then had just over two months to finish the film before it landed in theaters and was forgotten by all but thorough sci-fi b-movie fans. It was the product of Charles Band’s Empire Pictures, and received a nice budget boost when a preview reel caught the attention of Universal, who picked up the film to pair with their upcoming Jaws 3-D. Metalstorm : The Destruction of Jared-Syn landed in the summer of 1983, right at the apex of the early ‘80s 3-D movie craze that brought films such as Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Friday the 13 th Part III 3-D, and Treasure of the Four Crowns. With his armored dune buggy and newfound pals – orphaned miner girl Dhyana (Kelly Preston), cyclopean warrior Hurok ( Night Court’s Richard Moll), and general Han Solo-type Rhodes ( Trancers’ Tim Thomerson) – Dogen sullies out into the war zone to destroy Jared-Syn. It seems Dogen is the only one who can stop him (or the only one who really cares). (He doesn’t really bother to explain his nefarious mission in much detail.) His dastardly quest is headed by Baal, his mutant-cyborg son, who sprays green goo from his bionic arm which teleports its victims to an evil dream dimension. ![]() This big baddie’s name is Jared-Syn ( The Road Warrior’s Michael Preston), and he’s collecting human lives in glowing red crystals, which he’ll use to power up an even bigger crystal and, like, control the universe, or destroy it, or something along those lines. The film stars soap star Jeffrey Byron, Australian Mike Preston, the late Kelly Preston, genre fave Tim Thomerson and Night Court's Richard Moll.ĭan and Vicky give their thoughts on Metalstorm as well as recently seen items including Halloween Kills, The French Dispatch, Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, black Western The Harder They Fall and 1980 slasher Prom Night.įor tickets to Dan's show A Sherlock Carol visit: ĭon't forget to leave us feedback on our social media pages and visit our website at Byron plays Dogen, a ranger who’s tasked himself with stalking an evil warlord across his unidentified, Southwestern-looking planet. ![]() Composed by Band's brother Richard, the music gives the film a gravitas that the chintzy special effects, languid pace and bad acting don't. Of the many quirky elements of the film, it's bombastic orchestral score sticks out as belonging to a different movie. A negative pickup for Universal Pictures to cash in on the 3D trend partially initiated by the company's own Jaws 3, low budget sci fi epic Metalstorm failed to spark at the box office. ![]()
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