Film

Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in New York, plus articles, trailers and more

 

War (1988)

Director: Michael Herz, Samuel Weil Lloyd Kaufman

Average user rating
No reviews

Movie review

From Time Out Film Guide

After their airliner crashes on a deserted island, a group of survivors stumble upon a terrorist training camp, from which the Commies plan to infiltrate and take over the United States. Can the gutsy blonde heroine, the hunky hero, the psycho Vietvet, and other assorted Airplane! types frustrate their fiendish plans and save democracy? The budget, slightly higher than usual by Troma standards, is mostly eaten up by endless gunfire, feeble explosions and monotonously repeated stunts, while the one-dimensional villans speak in funny accents, and the good guys (and gals) do what they gotta do. Come back, Chuck norris, all is forgiven.

Author: NF 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide


  • Print this page
  • Send to a friend

What do you think?
Post your review now

clear rating
Min 1 star. Zero stars will be treated as unrated.

*mandatory fields





Features

Making a name for himself

Making a name for himself

Sin Nombre's Cary Joji Fukunaga learned his lessons well.

To the letter

Forty years later, Costa-Gavras's Z still brims with fury.

Mind over matter

David Cronenberg reflects on a most bizarre body: his own corpus of work.

Fool's gold

Can an Oscar win lead to a cursed career? Here are five stories of postaward professional meltdowns.

We are the championed

Terrorists and teens abound in this year's "Film Comment Selects."

A history of violence

Matteo Garrone's kaleidoscopic Gomorrah wallops you with Italy's crime crisis.

True romantic

James Gray exchanges urban amorality for amour in Two Lovers.

Playing in the dark

MoMA salutes pianist Stuart Oderman's 50 years as the one-man sound of silents.

Junk bonds

Cast and crew recall the making of the classic NYC drug drama The Panic in Needle Park.