Masters of the Universe Movie Review

A big-budget live-action version of the cartoon character's adventures, with He-Man battling Skeletor for the sake of the universe. Though audiences were ready to laugh off this feature based on characters that originally appeared as toys, contributions by the talented cast and crew managed to turn things in their favor, resulting in a fairly decent fantasy adventure film. The saving grace was probably the idea of bringing the fantasy characters into our world, sustaining audience interest in watching the two worlds react to each other.

1987 (PG) 109m/C Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Billy Barty, Courteney Cox, Meg Foster; D: Gary Goddard; M: Bill Conti. VHS, Beta, LV WAR