Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
cheeftanz
Well, it was almost three AM and then I saw Bruce on the telly - need I say more?... then there were dozens of gooey skulls all around the place... and a pretty girl... and it was late and then ghouls or zombies or mutants or something and so of course I had to watch. This is a bad movie, make no mistake - but if you are a Bruce fan and like his other work and Army of Darkness it is good for a late night bowl of popcorn that would be for certain. The set design and costumes are really interesting... everything from old football helmets to eyes sewn in capes and a fresh blood water fountain (that would be blood drinking fountain I guess)... expect light gore and no more and have a colder... I would have to recommend this for fans of the genre!
Coventry
Although not really having "enjoyed" Mindwarp, I must admit it's a fairly competent movie with a handful of disturbing images and a whole lot of blood-spurting gore. The popular genre magazine Fangoria raised the necessary funds for this film and they pretty much know what their target audiences adore as well as whom they like to see in horror films. So we've got a story with some really dark topics and two respectable icons starring in important supportive roles. I'm sure many horror fans would blindly pick up a copy of "Mindwarp" only because the names of Bruce Campbell ("the Evil Dead") and Angus Scrimm ("Phantasm") are displayed on the cover. Unfortunately, however, the script is weak and very incoherent and it too often feels like the outrageously nasty gore was only put in to compensate for the lack of content. Somewhere deep into the 21st century, our planet has become a completely uninhabitable wasteland and the remaining humans live in underground rooms where their days are filled with mind-controlling computer games that induce personal fantasies. Judy rebels against this dull way of life and she's promptly exiled to the dangerous upland, where she teams up with solo-warrior Strover (Bruce Campbell) and battles a community of mutated cannibalistic creatures. The opening sequences involving hi-tech computer mumbo-jumbo are boring, confusing and pretentious and the film only becomes somewhat interesting as soon as we're in the uncanny post-apocalyptic surface settings. The Crawler's liar is creepy and sinister, and their leader (Angus Scrimm) has some gruesome hobbies like gouging people's eyes out and throwing the rest of their bodies into propellers. Nice. One-time-actress Marta Alicia doesn't bring her lines very convincing, but she sure has an athletic body and at least she had some quality time with the almighty Bruce Campbell. Good for her! "Mindwarp" is okay entertainment, but if you're looking for really good post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi movies, check out the "Mad Max" trilogy, "Damnation Alley" or "Hardware".
CMRKeyboadist
I truly can say I liked this movie quite a bit. I first saw this movie back in 1998 working at a video store and didn't really understand this movie. Well, seeing it again brought no revelations. But this movie does have a certain feel to it. I think if anything a very hopeless feel. And The music does not help. The music brings a very depressing feel to this movie which I think really adds to it. Of course, we have two great cult stars in this movie. The infamous Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead series and much more) and Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man from the excellent Phantasm series). If it weren't for these two actors in this movie I don't think it would have had the same feel. Bruce Campbell actually does a good job playing a serious role. Angus Scrimm's precense alone is just down right creepy. The female lead (I can't remember her name) does an OK job. At the beginning her acting is just down right bad but she gets a lot better as the movie goes on. In general, keep an open mind while watching this movie and realize this is nothing to great as far as science fiction goes. This film truly sits in a category all its own. 8 stars.
Backlash007
~Spoiler~One can say quite a bit about this movie. I've heard good arguments for and against it. My beef with Mindwarp is that it should have ended ten minutes earlier than it did, when Bruce Campbell is holding up Scrimm's mask and he should have taken the role as the new Seer. But no, the movie goes on for a bit longer and ticks me off. I'm especially angered when Bruce dies, but did he ever really exist. I guess not since they went with the classic cop-out "it's all in your head" ending. So that means that the entire movie didn't really exist. On a great note, it stars Bruce Campbell and Angus Scrimm. In what other movie do you get to see Ash take on the Tall Man (hopefully in Phantasm's End, but I doubt that movie will ever see fruition)? When there's action (eye gouging, blood drinking, etc.) in the movie, there's action. But when the movie's slow, it's really SLOW. Mindwarp does have some awesome sequences though. The whole scene where Claude "rises to the dream" is incredibly gory. Oh yeah, and when Bruce's mouth explodes. And I love the Evil Dead II hand joke within the movie. When all is said and done, Mindwarp is not a bad movie, I just expected a little more from Fangoria's first film seeing as how two of my icons star in it.
