March 1990
Concorde Pictures
Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi
VHS
B-
While this isn't a very impressive movie to kick off the '90s with, I nonetheless find it entertaining. It gets the job done, even if it's never particularly plausible. "The Barbarians," twin body-builders, play the main characters (truck drivers hauling toxic waste) and sing the title song (over opening and closing credits). Claudia Christian (later of Babylon 5) is a psychologist. Ari Meyers (fresh off Kate & Allie) is an electronics genius who dresses like an average late '80s/early '90s teen. Martin Mull is a weasely villain, and Richard Moll (with hair) is more recognizable than he was as the Abominable Snowman in Caveman. John Carradine is a repo man. Michael Winslow, as the twins' friend, isn't given much to do, not even sound effects.
Peter Lupus, as Bad Guy #1, doesn't look drastically different than he did a quarter-century earlier as Flex Martian in Muscle Beach Party, although obviously less creatively named. David Bowe, who plays a security guard, was Mountain in Back to the Beach.
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