Jesse Ventura (wrestler, Navy SEAL, US Governor, etc) plays an intergalactic cop in one of the numerous low budget, science fiction, action films that tried to turn wrestlers in to actors. Jesse is on Earth to stop Sven-Ole Thorsen (winner of Denmark’s Strongest Man in the World title) from finding the child who can calculate the anti-life equation. It is universe threatening stuff as Jesse shows his understanding of human women by asking, “Are you a birthing member of the human race?”.
Jesse is as impressive as always (see Predator or Running Man for more Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura), but not as impressive as his stunt double in the bald wig (or fellow wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live and Hell Comes To Frogtown). A must see for Jesse fans, but probably a must not see for anyone else.
(Mister J is disappointed that I made no mention of Jack Kirby's Fourth World or Darkseid in my review, although the anti-life equation is a complete rip-off from those very books. I have apparently mislead people in to believing I am a nerd, or at least marginally well read in the field of pop culture. My apologies go to geeks everywhere for my ignorance. - fs)
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