Swamp Thing

Buy This Item Swamp Thing by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $11.99  on 11-24-2008     Deep in Florida's darkest everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barneau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and change civilisation forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnaping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing"-a half plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcaneeven if it costs him his life! Reader Reviews The Swamp Thing - DVD I know that this film is a cult classic, so I will tread carefully in this review. When you were young, and you watched this movie, you saw a green monster who was tough, explosions, people being thrown headfirst into the swamp, and Adrienne Barbeau's boobies bouncing about. If that is your recollection of this film, then please save your childhood memories and do NOT go back and watch this film again. If you are an adult and you have not seen this film, or if you want to destroy your childhood memories of this movie... this is what you will see: 1) First there are not any special features on the DVD, except for the trailer which is a cheesefest of epic proportions. 2) Adrienne Barbeau's boobies do have 85% of the movie as the main focus... they bounce in all sort of directions under various conditions and have more costume changes than any other character in the film. 3) The Swamp thing is a man in a rubber suit that does not bend quite properly. 4) If you look carefully you can see netting and other things in the background used to increase the "Swampy" feel 5) The voices don't go to their mouths... infact often there are voices for characters who never open their mouths through the entire scene. 6) The things that blow up... aren't things that should probably have blown up under those circumstances. 7) The pig costume is TERRIBLE 8) Apparently a Doctor and A Government Agent can fall in love in under 12 hours... and it will be a lasting love that will be strong enough for them to be willing to sacrifice it all for their lover, whom they have only ever kissed and an awkwardly dispassionate way. 9) Bad guys always drink the potions... 10) 13 year old African American children run/own stores out in the middle of the swamp. Basically this movie has about 20 minutes of plot, and it's not very good plot either. To fill up the rest of the time you have Cable (Adrienne Barbeau's Character) running about the swamp with her boobies bouncing, to be saved by the swamp thing who will then leave the scene with a reused shot resembling the "Big Foot" footage. This repeats about 8 times before she is captured and placed in an evening gown so her now tired boobies can breath. The bad guy chugs the potion and turns into a badly made monster who runs out into the swamp with a sword for an epic wrestling match with the Swamp Thing. The movie is funny, and bad, and cheesy and probably okay to let the kids watch if it wasn't for a few minor "s" words. But I would NEVER call this a 5 star film. Entertaining in that cheesy early 80's film way... but no great feat of cinematic genius.

Swamp Thing Available from Amazon Price: $11.99 Updated on 11-24-2008.

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