simonconnolly72-467-863881 This actually has the ingredients for a great movie done correctly. Unfortunately, the logic less plot, bad dialogue, two dimensional characters and awful music amongst other stuff only let it be nothing more than an enjoyable cheesy 80's b movie not to be taken too seriously. Despite it's flaws I still enjoyed it, the concept on it's own is pretty unique but can't help thinking they missed a trick with this one

thesar-2 Great Sheen, this is heavy!Two-thirds through this movie, I got frustrated. "What the HELL is a 'Wraith?'" I asked myself and was about to stop this to Google it when one of the numerous movie expositions told me what it was. Oh, okay. Now, it all makes sense.It was to capitalize on Back to the Future's success a year earlier, Charlie Sheen's character from Ferris Bueller's Day Off from that year's summer and, well, 80s boobs'n'sci-fi. Well done.Actually, the only thing well-done was me hating this gang tremendously, some awesome racing POV's and making me regret living in Arizona. I guess I should be honored or flattered they targeted the Arizona desert towns/roads for this film's setting. Nope. The desert has always depressed me enormously and aside from the awesome racing segments, I was equally depressed seeing the backdrop of the dead desert behind the cars.I digress. Arizonian assholes obsess over the wrong cool cat and they mysteriously die one by one. Was it something they did in the past, and in the many unnecessary flashbacks, that causes their current predicament? The movie was totally 80s and very hard to watch for such incredibly goofy characters. I even got the impression they weren't acting. After all, the lead, Charlie Sheen, soon wouldn't be, either.***Final thoughts: You want a real Arizona horror? Or fun horror movie based in the 48th state? Send in the P's: Piranha 3D and Psycho. That's right: the "Remake" and the "Original," respectively. Those do AZ right.

bacardicazz This is not a great movie. Nor is it a good one. But for those looking for nothing more than entertainment, this will do. Charlie Sheen stars as Jake, the reincarnation of some guy named Jamie, who rises from the dead and travels through space in a customized Turbo in order to avenge his death. Packard, the antagonist, along with his gang of stupendous engineers are eliminated one by one, and with great ease. The story will surprise no one at any point. Things happen exactly as you'd expect, if you'd turn off your imagination. Photography is contrastingly well done, but gets stunned by poor editing. Just analyze the scene where Sheen and Fenn are peddling through the water: as soon as they have had their 'moment', Sheen turns and they both peddle away. The scene lasts too long and feels like amateur hour. Story wise, nothing makes sense. It is exactly what you'd expect from an 80s B-movie starring Charlie Sheen. Packard kills any guy who so much as looks at his girl, and the whole town knows. Do the police even care? Nope. Too busy throwing around catchphrases like "I don't need a warrant when I have this badge". Charlie Sheen gives such tranquilized performance that it makes me wonder what kind of synthetic drugs were in his system. Man, that speech about bullies and fear... not a single emotion detected! Sherilynn Fenn had trouble retorting after such a dull performance... Luckily, she steals every scene she's in just by being there. In Twin Peaks she was beautiful, here the universe's brightest stars have taken residence in her eyes. Unparallelled hotness! Nick Cassavetes (director of The Notebook!) stars as Packard, a downright evil sociopath. He has evil authority to him, to the point where watching recent interviews with him have a startling effect. And Randy Quaid is Randy Quaid. Always loony, always fun to watch. The inexplicable choice of trying to be taken serious at times whilst being a B-movie, takes the pace out of some scenes. But Randy, when given this dialogue, applies some much needed redneck enthusiasm, making the lines snappy and more digestible. I had fun watching this, but I'm not giving the movie a pass - it being a B-movie in almost every way.

gavin6942 Jamie, killed by neighborhood thugs, returns as a mystical figure named Jake the Wraith (Charlie Sheen) to gain revenge.A movie from the 1980s with fast cars and Charlie Sheen? Sounds like a winner, maybe a mix between "Ferris Bueller" and The Chase". Add in Sherilyn Fenn in a pre-"Twin peaks" role... that has to be good, right? She stole the show there and the under-appreciated "Boxing Helena". Oh, and did I mention Clint Howard? But somehow it all seems so bland. Like a made-for-TV movie, and not a very good one, at that. I feel like the exact same story, with a little spit and polish could have been a minor masterpiece. But no. Somehow this gets labeled a "horror" film, but that is quite the stretch. Though it is not much of anything else either.