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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 77%, Metacritic 71/100. Every source lands within 8 points of the others. Scores higher than 79% of the 995 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic71/100
523 audience votes
Key crew
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Neal IsraelScreenplay
- Pat ProftScreenplay
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- PJ TorokveiScreenplay
Cast
- Val KilmerChris Knight
- Gabriel JarretMitch Taylor
- Michelle MeyrinkJordan
- William AthertonProfessor Hathaway
- Robert PrescottKent
- Louis GiambalvoMajor Carnagle
- Jon GriesLazlo Hollyfeld
- Ed LauterCIA Man Decker
- Stacy PeraltaShuttle Pilot
- Daniel AdesLaser Ray Victim
- Andres AybarBartender
- Charles ShullAir Force General
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