Dreamscape

One of the movies I never got a chance to watch. Then I read Zelazny was responsible for the outline, and the poster promised some 80-adventure fun… it didn’t age well.

The concept of "Dreamscape" is a winner especially given the recent success of Christopher Nolan's "Inception". People entering the dreams of others really has the potential for some mind-bending visuals but "Dreamscape" never delivers on its promise. For one the movie seems really dated. The soundtrack is that annoying 80's synth music and it does nothing to bump up the suspense of the movie or build the proper mood. I wasn't impressed by the special effects either. The stop-motion snakeman character was not very successful and some of the scenes like Dennis Quaid falling off a skyscraper looked bad. Quaid and Kate Capshaw were entertaining in their roles but Max Von Sydow was lackluster in his potrayal of Dr. Novotny. Eddie Albert plays the President of the United States who late in the movie turns into a bit of an action star. It's a clumsy final act but it's worth a snicker. Too bad that wasn't the original intent.