Solarbabies

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Solarbabies

PG-13,

1986,

1h 34m,

Sci-Fi/

Action/

Adventure/

Drama

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2,500+ Ratings

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In a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic world largely bereft of water, a group of youthful orphans, including Jason (Jason Patric) and Terra (Jami Gertz), spend their time playing a hard-hitting hockey-like game and defying an authority known as "the Protectorate." When Daniel (Lukas Haas), one of the younger orphans, discovers a strange sphere, it leads to a struggle between good and evil after the scheming Darstar (Adrian Pasdar) swipes the powerful orb.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

Since the movie so clearly required great dedication, especially in its visual effects and the use of its desert locations, I can only wonder why they didn't spend equal effort on finding an original story to tell.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Jan 1, 2000

"Solarbabies" is a hilariously bad movie that doesn't make much sense and isn't much good when it does.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 22, 2022

2/10

The abundance of unintentional laughs doesn’t help the cause, especially when it comes to combating the likes of an evil robot – hilariously programmed to take pleasure in its savage assignments.

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David Elliott

Copley News Service

Jul 19, 2019

Solarbabies is baked in the cliche oven, and then iced with derivations.

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J.R. Southall

Starburst

Sep 29, 2017

3/10

Better to either wallow in the nostalgia, or boggle at the ham-fistedness of it all.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Oct 14, 2005

2/5

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Hagrid M

Sep 8, 2018

All of the 1980's fantasy cliches are here and none of them work.

Leia W

Mar 22, 2018

I can't believe how badly this has been panned! Come on guys! This was great in the 80s. It was one of my favorite movies. My sister and I watched the VHS so many times that we burned it out! For the time, the computer graphics were amazing.

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Sep 7, 2017

My thing with this movie is that it came out in the wrong generation. Not many people back then liked futuristic movies. But now if this movie was recreated and came out again today I could guarantee the movie would do better now than back in the 80s

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Abraham P

Sep 4, 2017

There was way too much sexual tension between the villains in this movie.

Luke W

Aug 11, 2017

This movie must be watched for exactly one reason : it's excellent MST3K fodder! Get this plot : Roller skating teen orphans battle dune buggy driving water-hoarder Nazis for possession of an alien bowling ball. It's Mad Max squashed up against ET and The Mighty Ducks!

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Ron R

May 6, 2017

In a dystopian future, kids on roller skates escape from a desert orphan camp to follow a glowing alien orb on a quest to free the water. Did I mention that the skates have lights?

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Alan Johnson

Director

Richard Jordan

Grock

Jami Gertz

Terra

Lukas Haas

Daniel

Jason Patric

Jason

James Le Gros

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Synopsis

In a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic world largely bereft of water, a group of youthful orphans, including Jason (Jason Patric) and Terra (Jami Gertz), spend their time playing a hard-hitting hockey-like game and defying an authority known as "the Protectorate." When Daniel (Lukas Haas), one of the younger orphans, discovers a strange sphere, it leads to a struggle between good and evil after the scheming Darstar (Adrian Pasdar) swipes the powerful orb.

Director: Alan Johnson
Producer: Irene Walzer, Jack Frost Sanders
Screenwriter: Walon Green, D.A. Metrov
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Brooksfilms
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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