Laserhawk (1997) Reviews

• Good Sci-Fi

  azflybaby352007-05-10

  This was the best movie I have found in the Wal-mart DVD for a $1 bin. I expected a lot worse and was pleasantly surprised. The effects were pretty good, the plot was okay, most of it believable for a sci-fi plot, the acting was very even. (Mark Hamill didn't look like the teacher in drama class around a bunch of beginners)I hadn't seen most of the actors before but they did a nice job. (Minus the parents) Not sure why I never heard of this movie when it came out. I wasn't in the cave then. So pull that spare change out of your couch and take a take a ride on the wild side. It all will be worth it. On a scale of 1 to ten I rate Last Starfighter a 10.5 and Megaforce a 2 (but still love it) so a 7 isn't all that bad.

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• If You Enjoy "B" SciFi Films - This may be fun

  madav12007-02-09

  Laserhawk was one of the $1 specials at a dollar store. Previously I bought old Western's (Bonanza, etc) and some good luck at that price before... I'd never heard of Laserhawk before, but enjoyed Mark Hamill in the Star Wars Trilogy, in 2 episodes of "the Flash" (as the Bizarre Trickster), and other film appearances over the years. Laserhawk seemed potentially promising, so for a dollar - I gave it a shot! I like high tech SciFi films, ones with great story lines, but also enjoy some of the low tech "B" films with often half written plots. This film lies somewhere between. The background music and effects work with the mood of this film. The story line has a lot of quirky twists. It's not a totally predictable plot. And, though not modern high tech effects - think of the classic War of the Worlds (1940's), not state of the art, yet it still works well today! For those who enjoyed the original Star Trek Series - effects are at least on a par with that. 3 teens are the main characters. I won't even hint of how Mark Hamill fits in. His part isn't the biggest, but it is critical. (One insider joke easy to miss is when they pick Mark up in "Sunnydale", which is where "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" came from!). If you like the offbeat, this will likely keep your interest, and be entertaining. If you only like state of the art effects and academy award performances - this may not be your film. The introduction of this film announces a great menace to the Galaxy, a 250 million year old alien race. There is an unraveling mystery, drama, suspense and action. It never gets gross or "too" intense. I enjoyed it. Will give this one a "7", for fun and interesting plot twists.

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• great

  mathil2005-01-29

  I liked this movie. It felt a lot like The Last Starfighter (which, as far as I'm concerned is a classic). Wait 5 years and it will become the next Last Starfighter. It just needs time to age and be eclipsed by more movies that play off the same theme. I don't see why most people didn't like it. The fight scene is so cheese-tastic, it gives Star Trek a run for its money. That is the only bad thing i saw in the movie. But it was really really funny, so its not entirely bad. This isn't a Mark Hammill movie. He is only on screen for 20 minutes tops. To compare this movie to the Matrix, he plays the Trinity. Completely necessary and entangled in the plot, but is ultimately only a delivery boy for the ending.

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• Pretty Good Movie, Considering...

  msorge2005-03-20

  I just finished watching this movie right now on Showcase (Canada). I had no clue what the movie was, but there was nothing much on TV, so I just watched it. This movie, for what it is, is actually a very decent film. Including the obvious Mark Hamill, I noticed a couple other actors I knew, including the main star, Jason James Richter (from "Free Wily" and "The Neverending Story III"). Richter did well, as did the fiery and cute Melissa Galianos (who played as Cara). It's a semi-adventurous, semi-science fiction movie with a nice uniqueness to it: this one focuses more on the characters and their task-at-hand rather than the alien life the movie deals with. Assuming there was probably not much funding for this film, there were actually impressive, really decent special effects in the film - much more decent than a lot of other so-called more popular movies/TV shows out there, anyway. In the end, Laserhawk has a couple loose ends that are basically not explained, but who cares... it was a good movie overall, in my opinion. It's also an especially good movie if you take it for what it is, and not unfairly compare it to the top-tier films like it out there. If you're the type of person to be either very picky, or maybe only like high-end films, steer clear of this one; if not, and you enjoy the little fun/adventurous-type romps out there for what they're worth (such as "Little Monsters," "Howard the Duck," or "The Goonies"), then you'll probably like this one. Thanks a lot, M. Sorge

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• Pretty good movie--Flight of the Navigator with action instead of family and drama

  brentage50002005-02-25

  I don't know why so many people are saying that this was a bad movie. I saw it 5 years ago and I still remember it, which to me makes it seem like at least an okay movie. The costumes were pretty good, and it always struck me that the way the characters behave in this movie is exactly how me and my friends would behave if we ran into something like that. I'm a little disappointed that there was never a sequel or spin-off miniseries, since the three lights at the end saying that there's another attack happening elsewhere kinda suggested a possible series that would be right at home on the Sci-Fi Channel. All in all, I enjoyed this movie and would love to get it on DVD...you wouldn't happen to know where I could find it, would you?

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