Deadly Weapon Movie Review

Producer Charles Band raided his own Laserblast from 10 years earlier for this rather nerdish wish fulfillment, when 15-year-old geek Rodney Eastman finds a secret anti-matter weapon conveniently fallen off a military transport. He uses the way-cool death ray to threaten bullies, parents, a preacher, and other nasty authority figures. You'll hardly like the kid any more than the grownups, even with the ultimately tragic script taking his side. Good but brief f/x.

1988 (PG-13) 89m/C Rodney Eastman, Gary Frank, Michael Horse, Ed Nelson, Kim Walker; D: Michael Miner; W: Michael Miner. VHS TWE, HHE