#Metalstorm the destruction of jared syn movie#

Realizing the jig is up Syn jumps on a skybike and flees with Dogen in hot pursuit. They even have their own burning bush.ĭogen is able to convince the Cyclopians that they have been duped by Jared Syn by telling them that he plans to enslave them all once his magic crystal has sucked in enough life forces. Rhodes reluctantly agrees to help and soon the buddy duo are bopping along desert roads, bashing through more blockades, swiping sacred alien relics, and fighting noble Cyclopians warriors, until finally, Dogen is able to face off against Jared Syn inside the sacred Holy City. To find the lair of Jared-Syn, rescue the girl, and save the galaxy, Dogen goes to a seedy mining town to locate Rhodes ( Tim Thomerson), a washed-up ranger who apparently knows the location of the Lost City that Syn is holed up in. We are not to ask questions like, “ How does a laser blast create a well-spring in the middle of the desert” because that’s science! He got a charge out of it. Instead of this obvious ploy, Syn dispatches some electric monster to take care of Dogen but it is easily defeated when Dogen lasers up a puddle and tricks the creature into stepping in it and getting short-circuited. Then you pop a beer and enjoy galactic conquest. You magically yank your enemy from wherever he is hiding and then plop him down in front of a firing squad. You would think a power like that would be one of your go-to tactics as it almost guarantees victory in a fight. Syn reveals a new power, having the ability to teleport Dhyana away to his mountain hide-out and then teleport a monster for Dogen to fight. Unlike Dhyana’s father, Dogen and Dhyana’s combined will is too strong and he is able to resist Jared-Syn’s evil power.

“I’m late for my Judge Dredd audition.”ĭogen teams up with Dhyana and the two of them soon encounter Baal again, where Dogen gets the goo sprayed on him. Being that his sole power seems to be squirting hallucinogenic green goo out of his robot arm, he isn’t all that imposing. Baal is the cyborg son of Jared-Syn and is this film’s stand-in for Darth Vader. David Smith) for mining in the Cyclopians’ Forbidden Zone. The damsel in distress in this film is Dhyana ( Kelly Preston), the daughter of a crystal miner who was killed by Baal ( R. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war.” Charles Band would have been better off making this a straight Road Warrior rip-off and keeping the setting as a post-apocalyptic Earth, leaving out all the space fantasy stuff that never pays off. It’d be like if Han Solo and Luke just decided to drive around Tatooine in their landspeeder and occasionally shoot at Tusken Raiders but never get on board the Millennium Falcon to go anywhere. Now the film implies that this is some space saga but as we never leave this crummy desert planet I call bullshit. The optical effects here prove that tens of dollars were spent on this movie.

#Metalstorm the destruction of jared syn movie#

Occasionally an action scene will break out where a “skybike” will attack or the hero will have to ram a blockade resulting in your standard A-Team car explosions, but overall it is a surprisingly boring movie for an action film. Survival Tip: To avoid a Cyclopian just stand a little to the left.ĭo you like seeing people drive around in the desert? If so this is the movie for you as its 84-minute running time mostly consists of people driving or walking around in the desert. Dogen has followed Jared-Syn to the desert planet of Lemuria where he has become some kind of cult leader among a group of mutant-looking dudes called “One Eye”, who in a fight would certainly have a disadvantage when it comes to depth perception. The movie is apparently about this space ranger by the name of Dogen ( Jeffrey Byron) who is trying to track down an intergalactic supercriminal named Jared-Syn ( Michael Preston).

At no point does metal form into a hurricane, tornado or even a metal squall, and the movie is also lacking in any kind of destruction of bloody Jared-Syn! The indestructible Jared-Syn. Hell, even the movie’s title has practically nothing to do with the movie. With this offering, director Charles Band tried to cash in on the 3D craze of the 80s but with his limited budget and an even more limited screenplay audiences found themselves watching a film that made little to no sense for its entire running time. There is certainly no shortage of Star Wars rip-offs, but in the case of 1983s Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn we get a Star Wars/Road Warrior combo rip-off so it gets points for that.