RocketMan

RocketMan

10/10/1997 1h 35m 5.2/10

Overview

An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy, but is in danger of emerging as a hero when his new colleagues need him to save them from the unforgiving surface of the red planet.

Director

Stuart Gillard

Top Billed Cast

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

Paul Wick

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Bud Nesbitt

William Sadler

William Sadler

Wild Bill Overbeck

James Pickens Jr.

James Pickens Jr.

Ben Stevens

Harland Williams

Harland Williams

Fred Z. Randall

Jessica Lundy

Jessica Lundy

Julie Ford

Reviews

r96sk

10/8/2020

5/10

I, somewhat weirdly, have no negative feelings about <em>'RocketMan'</em>. That's strange because the film is very bad, there is nothing I even marginally liked - and yet, I have no annoyance towards it. Odd. I think what helps in that regard is the short run time and the fact that I do believe the actors were trying, they were just lumbered with a poor product. Harland Williams plays the role of Fred as well as anyone could have to be honest, while it's nice to see Jeffrey DeMunn - shoutout Dale, <em>'The Walking Dead'</em>. The way the premise is brought to life is the biggest downside to this. It's cringe, predictable and lamely written. The more serious space ending is OK but doesn't fit the rest of the film's silliness at all. There aren't many, if any, laughs; for me at least. I did kinda rate the references to other films, e.g. <em>'Wizard of Oz'</em> and <em>'Pinocchio'</em>, but that's about it. A harmless film, one I truly don't even have an ounce of hate for despite how bad it actually is.

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