IslandGuru
Who payed the critics
Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
dmdb
I only write reviews of movies with low rating, which actually are not that bad. Give them a chance!If you like apocalypse / post-apocalypse and you are aware that this is a teenage movie, I don't know why you wouldn't like it! It is really cool, story is good, they made an effort to create post-apocalyptic world and everything else works fine. Kids are not acting well, that I must admit, but they are kids... and pretty much all other 80s teenage movies have the same problem, but that does not mean Solarbabies should have 4.8 ( as in this moment ). It is a solid movie, and if you like apocalypse I am sure that you will like this one, too.6/10
throwanotherone
This is a post-apocalyptic science fiction movie. There is water but it is controlled by an evil government that steals children and raises/trains them to serve them.An unknown extra-terrestrial being comes to Earth. It is found by the youngest of a group of roller ball players named, Solarbabies. He is kind of the mascot of the group because he is mostly deaf. The entity is called Bohdai. He heals the kid from his hearing problems and befriends the group. When he is stolen that becomes the catalyst for the group to finally rebel against The Man.The movie isn't as good as it would be now with the technology that is assessable but it is a good movie for the time. All of the teenagers in the group look to be eighteen to nineteen years of age maybe early twenties. The acting at times can be a little rough but all in all it doesn't detract from the story.It is a fun, very B rating, feel good movie. I have all my friends watch it with me at least once.
Azlan Lewis
This movie is about children raised in a prison type orphanage after a post-apocalyptic earth.The children are supposed to be teenagers, but the only one close is the character played by Lucas Hass who was 10 years old when this movie was released. The rest are in their early to mid twenties and it shows they are older.The acting is bad and not believable, it is difficult to like this movie. They have a pet owl, and it is unfortunately shot by one of the villain's henchmen, the group decides it should be buried but for some reason don't know why they have this feeling. I know it's based on the script but the actors should have complained.Someone said people would walk out of Star Wars (IV A New Hope)if they saw it in the theaters today. I disagree, at least Star Wars had a good story and is/was watchable even today. Solarbabies filming looks dated and old, while Star Wars IV remains fresh. I saw it when it first came out in 1977 and went to it any chance I got, I was 8 years old at the time. As VCRS were many years away at that time.Do not wast your time with this movie, it is difficult to enjoy.
Christian Wilson
After about 20 years of having little more than vague memories of this movie rollerskating about in my head, I finally broke down and re-watched Solarbabies.All I can say is, well, bless them for trying. It really isn't a BAD movie... it does manage to be entertaining even though it occasionally drags. The only problem is that it borrows a lot from other movies and never seems to decide on a style of its own.Overall I didn't feel as drawn in to the story as I'd hoped, but despite the somewhat vague plot and generic characters, it was still good fun. And if nothing else, it teaches us that all we really need to set things right in the world are friendship and roller skating. And maybe a magic ball from outer space.
