Cherry 2000
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Movie Reviews of Cherry 2000
Movie Review: Red Melanie
Summary: 5 Stars
My friend and I had a pact all through the 1970s and 80s, and we petered out in the 1990s when we realized that what we had was just a pie in the sky. Our mission was to artificially prolong the careers of our two favorite stars, Kim Basinger and Melanie Griffith, by actually showing up in the movie theaters, for all their various releases.
This entailed sometimes a lot of loneliness, as often enough we were the only two paying customers in the theater, but one good thing is we hardly ever had to wait on line. At the multiplex there would be huge long lines for DIE HARD or ROGER RABBIT, but we'd be sitting pretty, able to slip into CHERRY 2000 hours ahead of time and stay for multiple shows if we liked (though this was actually cheating, as we needed our box office dollar to register in the far echoes of Hollywood's profit machine).
CHERRY 2000 was actually one of Melanie's better vehicles of the period and she looked far younger than in her contemporary films--maybe a sign that the picture had been delayed? That was often the case with Melanie's movies, she'd make something and then it would just sit on the shelf till the studios sorted out how big a loss they were going to take that year. Sometimes four or five years would pass in this way but we hardly cared, all it meant was that her hair was just going to look more lustrous and beautiful and that she was going to be wearing some big outdated lips, but that's why we haunted these big empty movie theaters. Kim's pictures, for whatever reason, tended to find release soon after she completed them--no longer. And once in awhile Kim wound up in a big fat hit, seemingly by accident, so we found ourselves in a perplexing fix when BATMAN (1989) came out and there were actually lines for a Kim Basinger movie and also, when we got in, I couldn't sit in the back row and him in the front row and still holler to each other about how beautiful she was. There were humans in between us--we hadn't counted on that--that had never happened before.
CHERRY 2000 is not Melanie Griffith in any sense of the word, "Cherry 2000" is a robot in the future like a sex doll owned by the hero, and when water seeps into her brain when they are making love, she stops responding and he has to find a replacement for her. He has to venture into the forbidden zone, and find an armed escort--who turns out to be Melanie Griffith, tough and taut in full Linda Hamilton mode with blazing red hair like a provocation. Their enemy, Lester, is played by Tim Thomerson in full 80s wack job form! He is the face of the 80s same as Nancy Reagan! Haven't seen him in years, but he used to be in every picture ever made like Wings Hauser! I'm sure that somewhere on this planet two boys roamed who had made it their mission in life to prolong Tim Thomerson's career by seeing every movie HE made. Funny I never met those guys, especially on this one occasion so great for all four of us.
Movie Review: Historic Footage
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd wager few of the viewers of Cherry 2000 are aware of one of the historic location sets of this film. Part of the film takes place in a bad-guy's hideout called Sky Ranch. Well, Sky Ranch is none other than Ash Meadows Sky Ranch, a legal Nevada brothel which closed around 1973.Ash Meadows was more than just a brothel. It was a resort, as Cherry 2000 shows, if only a little bit. In its heyday, Ash Meadows had the main house, a motel, the large pool area shown, a golf course, and an air strip. In fact, the air strip was depicted on VFR aviation charts for many years after the place closed. The location was southwestern Nevada, right on the border with California. The closest town was Death Valley Junction, and there was a dirt and gravel road to Ash Meadows from there.
Oddly, there is a brothel depicted in Cherry 2000. It's the little gas-and-go shack run by Ben Johnson, and nothing like the luxurious Ash Meadows.
No, I never did get to visit Ash Meadows Sky Ranch while it was open. I phoned once, ascertained it was open, and then went for a visit a couple of weeks later. Unfortunately it was closed by then. I got to the gate and was met by a couple of very fierce, and very loud dogs.
I was delighted to catch a glimpse of the place in the film Cherry 2000. If nothing else, the film shows an historic location, even if it isn't clear what you are seeing unless you know it in advance.
Movie Review: Looking for love in all the wrong places
Summary: 5 Stars
I am pleased that they have finally decided to release Cherry 2000. I watched this movie in the '80s and have was never able to find it on tape, the DVD. This movie is a love story set in the future. Where even holding hands takes a contract, so imagine a relationship. Our leading man has it all, the perfect job, home life and wife...But one day she short circuits and current technology has fallen on hard times, and no one can fix her. But he saves her memory. So the search begins in the wastelands of what was once the western USA, with a female tracker he hires. They find the precise robotic girlfriend... the love interests are there, but this is not just a chic flick. It is a chic flick for guys as well. The action scenes and futuristic backgrounds, along with the relationship between the two main characters make this an excellent movie. I highly recommend it. You will always remember Cherry 2000.Movie Review: Holds Your Interest.......Very Colorful
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie on TV in about 1990 and have loved it ever since. It is full of enough action and interesting scenes you can rewatch it several times before you pick up on all the detail. I enjoyed the characters portrayed, the storyline is interesting and the sets are pretty good for a B movie.
It is more colorful than a Mad-Max film although in the same genre....after the end of civilization as we know it.
This is the first film I ever saw Melanie Griffith and she is the strong character of the film.
You do have to have a sort of interest in the Bazaar side of life to enjoy a movie like this. I do not want to give away the secrets of the story. My collection wouldnt be without it.
I actually enjoyed it on par with top sci-fi like the Terminator series or adventure like Indiana Jones.
Movie Review: filme para ver e rever
Summary: 5 Stars
O filme é uma mistura de coisas.É trash, é cult, é muitas vezes sem pé nem cabeça que chega ser engraçado. É bem anos 80.Acho que usaram todas as parabólicas que encotram. Melanie Griffith , ainda no seu ponto máximo de beleza, convence no papel. Já seu galã deveria ser mais sexy, mas até dá para acreditar que ela se interesse por ele .Já que ela vive em um lugar nenhum pouco civilizado, cheio de homens à margem da sociedade.
A capa do DVD é fantasia, já que em nenhuma parte do filme ela usa roupa de couro preta. No entanto o filme apresenta uma frase que as pessoas deveriam lembrar sempre: não dá para ser glamorosa/glamoroso as 24horas do dia.