Cherry 2000 Reviews
Remarkably remarkable.
Retro futuristic fun, but a little too silly and a little too predictable.
Its a very odd movie. Starts off good, gets lost in the middle, starts to get back on track, ends on a whimper.
Amazing movie from our past. Its got a hot redhead, a hot red mustang, a bush plane, sex robots, guns. It has everything you need for fun watch.
I wanted to like it but it's kind of crap. The plot is amorphous. Melanie Griffith plays the part well and I wish I could be in the film and drive around in a Mustang with her and then have sex with her character. People have said that the film is akin to Mad Max but this is offensive to me because it's not even close. I don't hate the film but I don't think it's a good film either. The Sky Ranch part was confusing to watch but I'm glad he burned them out (even though shooting a trail of gasoline would not ignite) etc
Nope. Not worth your time.
Awesome movie, as long as you were 13 or so back in 1987.
A very rich and lived-in post-apocalyptic world for such a low budget picture. Great characters and some really inspired set-pieces.
While the film is an intentional comedy, that appears to be a tactic to lighten the actual story. If you pay close attention to the dialogue, the US has broken up into multiple states thru border wars. The lawless anarchy, chaos and mass crime as government states and states that have Law and Order. Just as the Ed Harris film of "The Way Back" from Communist anarchy was shutdown within 3 days of release in most US theaters, that may have been the issue with Cherry 2000.
Ripoff of The Road Warrior and Blade Runner combined. Melanie Griffith was good. Lots of eighties era cheese. A cut above those apocalyptic movies made in the Philippines. I'm a fan of these Road Warrior rip-offs.
Underrated low-budget sci-fi film with some intriguing ideas. Clearly influenced by Blade Runner and other post-apoc futuristic films, the story of a man looking for a replacement for his short-circuited robot dream wife gives peeps into a 2017 that may've actually come true. Men and women negotiating sexual encounters with contracts at the Glu Glu Club, a man so accustomed to a subservient robot wife that he's not sure what to make of a real thinking woman, etc. The action sequences are pretty contrived (the "river crossing" being a catastrophe of unbelievable plot armor), the technology sort of goofy. But if you can sit through an overly effected 80s SF potboiler, there's a bit to think about underneath. There's a reason it's a minor cult favorite.
Half baked plot that was laughable and the characters annoying.
Part Logan's Run, part Mad Max, it's a movie set in the near future (well... 2017). Society has become bureaucratic and even dating has become an ordeal in which contracts need to be drawn up by lawyers. Sam Treadwell is an executive who owns a rare sex robot/wife, a Cherry 2000 model. Unfortunately while trying to screw her on the floor while the sink overflows, Cherry has a short circuit and is irreparably damaged. All is not lost though; the memory disk can be extracted and put into a new Cherry 2000 model. But unfortunately to get a replacement, Sam has to go deep into "Zone 7" which is a notoriously lawless and dangerous wasteland, and to make the journey Sam will need to employ the services of a Tracker. Enter Edith "E" Johnson (played by Melanie Griffith), a resourceful and dangerous tracker and they set off into the wastes in E's modified Ford Mustang and come up against delightful wasteland warlord Lester and his goons... And of course, Sam discovers that a submissive, domestic sexbot isn't quite as interesting the opinionated, independent and dangerous E Johnson... The good: Melanie Griffith is brilliant as E Johnson. I'm not honestly a fan of the actress but she pulls off this action role really well. She's a fantastic heroine. And cute AF too. The car. It's a modified Ford Mustang with off-road tyres and raised suspension. It looks cool and after taking some flamethrower battle damage fairly early on in the movie it ends up looking *even cooler*. The action scenes with the car are sometimes quite amazing. There is a remarkable scene where they need to cross a dam with the car being carried by a crane. It's breathtaking. The soundtrack by Basil Poledouris. This is the guy who did the music from Conan the Barbarian, Robocop and other movies. It's a kicking soundtrack. Lester, (played by Tim Thomerson) is a brilliantly laid back and memorable villain with some cracking dialogue. Cherry 2000 (played by Pamela Gidley) is amusing, but doesn't actually get much screen time. The not so good: Sam Treadwell (played by David Andrews) is a fairly unremarkable character. Not bad, but the scenes tend to get stolen by more interesting characters. There really isn't much chemistry between Andrews and Griffith. It's inconsistent in places. The Mustang is so badass it can survive unscathed after *getting shot by multiple rocket launchers*, yet it still gets bullet holes. Overall it's a bit dated. The future is the future the 80s thought might happen. It is what it is.
Right off the bat, considering the subject matter and lame dialogue, anyone would giess it's not going to be a classic. Since Mad Max, socialist Hollywood has had a fascination with dystopian futures and destruction of the status quo. This story was to take place in 2017. Considering the dystopian desert landscape full of psychopaths and opportunists, Marxist Hollywood wasn't too far off with its prediction considering the recent Chop / Chaz. Nothing about this film stands out, but I've seen far worse.
In post-apocalyptic 2017 America, a rich perv hires a female "tracker" to take him to the land of Fallout: New Vegas in order to locate a sex doll in a junk yard. A 1950's-esque desert cult doesn't take kindly to them in their territory and spend the last half of the movie trying to hunt down the two invaders. The female tracker get jealous of the feelings the perv has for his robot. Entertaining and funny with a clever message about hook-up culture and sexual relations in general delivered in a cringy and campy method with a great score by Basil Poledouris.
If you want to see the beauty of american nature, this is a great choise. If you want to see a good movie, this is not the right choice.
This is a weird off-beat film worth a watch. Don Johnson and Melanie Grifith are great opposite each other as a human- robot couple. Grifith shines as the role asks for her innocent cat like sensitivity to shine. This along with Steve De Jarnettï¿ 1/2(TM)s Miracle Mile are two of the most underrated 80s films. The reason these kinds of films have become cult are the same reason retro-futuristic cars have become so popular- nostalgia tinged with a yearning for a better future which was the vision.
This is a weird off-beat film worth a watch. Don Johnson and Melanie Grifith are great opposite each other as a human- robot couple. Grifith shines as the role asks for her innocent cat like sensitivity to shine. This along with Steve De Jarnett's Miracle Mile are two of the most underrated 80s films. The reason these kinds of films have become cult are the same reason retro-futuristic cars have become so popular- nostalgia tinged with a yearning for a better future which was the vision.