This was sub par

The 80' were THE decade for Arnie. After striking box office gold with the 2 fantastic films "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator" (we kindly purge Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja off the records) he made the insanely enjoyable Commando which was like the the ultimate Arnold film. Over the top, but knowingly winking at the audience, with great action and funny one-liners. Surely it wasn't Citizen Kaine, but it was just great entertainment all around.

Then came Predator, another 80s classic. And Raw Deal, which was forgettable, but not too bad. Red Heat also was highly entertaining. Then Arnie did Total Recall which also was great all around before peaking with T2. Then his first box office failure came with The Last Action Hero and from there it was pretty much a downslide.

But this film, man. It was made when Arnie was the biggest action star in Hollywood, yet it feels so cheap and rushed. The director mostly did TV work before this and it shows. It feels like a low budget Sci-Fi B-Movie. The Cinematography looks like this was made for TV, the music sounds like it was recorded in 10 minutes on a 20$ keyboard. The action scenes are mostly unexciting, not executed very well, they feel very disjointed. And the climax is so lame, it feels they just walk into the film studio, shoot a bunch of guards and the bad guys are finished. And the one liners don't come off as effortless as in Commando.

Yet it's not a total failure. It has Arnie in his prime and he still got great charisma, comedic timing and a great onscreen presence. But the film as a whole feels just cheap.