Slipstream

Actors: Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley, F. Murray Abraham

Rating: 5 out of 10, The latest in my journey through 100 bad sci fi films was the first in this journey that wasn’t horrible, it only took 60 to get there. That certainly is not a b-movie cast as you have Luke Skywalker going up against Private Hudson in a duel of classic sci fi personae. Actually earth’s been devastated by an ecological disaster and the remaining humans live along a violent wind current. The film opens with a futuristic jet chasing a guy in a three piece suit across the wasteland and I thought I was in for another stinker but then Mark Hamill gets out of the jet and the Elmer Bernstein music kicks in. Bill Paxton shows up shortly thereafter in full scamp mode which he dominates in. I can see why this didn’t get a wide release and a lot of love but it’s well made and begs the question why Hamill never did more action – he’s very good.

MVP: Hamill as the tested bounty hunter