Laserhawk (1997)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Jean Pellerin

Writer:

John A. Curtis (writer)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Action

Tagline:

The war began 250 million years ago...

Plot:

Teenagers in a mid-west town discover that they are destined to fight off an alien invasion as the crew of a spacecraft of unknown origin...

Plot Keywords:

Invasion | Comic Book | Alien | Spacecraft | Teenager

Cast

Jason James Richter	...	Zach Raymond
Melissa Galianos	...	Cara
Gordon Currie	...	M.K. Ultra aka Rodney Terence Stanko
Mark Hamill	...	Bob Sheridan
Ivan Rogers	...	Col. Lewis Teagarden USAF
Joseph Wynne	...	Roach
Richard Zeman	...	Frank Raymond - Zach's Father
Susie Algrem	...	Mrs. Raymond - Zach's Mother
Lila Feng	...	Anchorwoman
Chris Sedens	...	WBTI Ch. 2 Anchorman
Jill Deacon	...	Field Reporter
Marc Poulin	...	Dr. Duvalle
A.J. Cook	...	Pretty Girl #1
Jessica Welch	...	Pretty Girl #2
Kelly Patterson	...	Pretty Girl #3

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language.

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures

Trivia:

The character M.K. Ultra, comic book writer Rodney Terence Stanko's (Gordon Currie) pen-name, is taken from the code name for the famous 1950s CIA experiment MK-ULTRA where the CIA gave LSD to unsuspecting soldiers and civilians.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The film is supposed to be in the United States, with the US Air Force, and kids in a small town in Wisconsin. But, in the hamburger restaurant scene, there is a sign advertising "poutine". Poutine is a favorite in Quebec, it is the Canadian equivalent of French fries, but with brown gravy and cheese curds. A hamburger joint in the U.S. would offer French fries, not poutine.

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

Huh?

Well it looks like the Anti-Christ (Gordon Currie) did have movies beyond Left Behind and Puppet Master. Well, I guess its a role. But as a movie, this movie was not only strange, it pretty much sucked.

Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) went insane in this film. Talking about the knowledge of an alien invasion, he is sent to the 'loonie bin'. I would have sent him there years ago, but I don't have that kind of power.

Anyway, the day is saved and the ship was there too. Gordon Currie played one strange cat in this movie. But at least he got paid. Maybe next time he can take the Laserhawk for a test spin. With all the misguided special effects and bad casting, it couldn't get much worse. "D-"