I really loved Langella's performance as Skeletor.

It's funny Dolph Lundgren considers this his low point, when Frank Langella has said that this was his favorite role to play.

When Skeletor pops up at the end I swear to f*** he looks like Jack Palance.

Not even a mention of the most important reason to watch this movie. Evilyn's arresting eyes. Meg Foster (has the most compelling eyes in Hollywood, okay Karen Black's eyes are also interesting) is super good in this film, and indeed, has some of the best lines. "I see only a human female, it must have been she who tipped the balance against you."

8:27 "When I think evil, I don't think giant golden guy" Xerxes dilikes this

Frank Langella was so amazing as Skeletor. One of the best villains ever. Seriously. So campy, yet so cool. Hats off to you, Mr. Langella.

In the most recent release of the film, both Frank Langella and Dolph Lundgren expressed their appreciation for the movie. One unfortunate thing is that Langella, who was in top shape at the time, pushed for a big fight scene to be included and he and Lundgren worked on it for awhile only to have it end up a much shorter fight to cut costs at the end of filming.

That brings back memories. I didn't enter into the contest but I remember them running ads for it all the time. I'm going to have to look up and see if they ever officially picked a winner. Cool that they at least sent you something.

Thanks! Meg Foster's eyes are amazing. She looks like she could see your soul.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

That comment about Orco cloning himself so he could be able to eat more chicken had me laughing for like 10 minutes straight.

"Gwildor's a drag queen. I am not surprised." Best line of the review.

Whoever knew Monica would inspire Final Destination.

I was watching this review and then I saw Meg Foster`s eyes...I`d give her that cosmic key in a heartbeat!

Four of Skeletor's best men can't catch one girl, that was actually one of the more accurate aspects of the movie. Those guys went to a special school for villains. #HannaBarbarasSchoolforAspiringVillains.

I love the tones that the cosmic key makes!

I only know this because, despite growing up in the 80s, I just finished watching this movie for the first time today. Her parents were the only people in the plane. Her mom mentions everything will be fine because her dad is a good pilot. She also grabs maps along with his keys. One can assume he has a small two person plane. So no need to warn anyone else.

Thanks! People seem to forget just how popular He-man was back then.

the beverly hills cop music for the key bit had me in stitches.......bravo!

OMG!!! This is the first time in 20+ I've heard Courtney described as "The dancing in the dark girl." Thank you for that nostalgia.

I love the scene where Skeletor's army marches down the street and there is NO ONE outside. I love this movie so much.

lol Pigboy. What a little legend.

Kudos for the CKY "Skeletor vs Beastman" reference.

I appreciate the support! Spread the word!

I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid with my dad, having the same reaction as you, "Why the different characters who weren't in the cartoon and why the hell go to Earth, when Eternia is a lot more interesting??"

Evil Lyn and Skeletor was the best thing about He-Man. Skeletor when he said No mine was the best when Evil Lyn said the world is now ours.

Golam & Globus and Full Moon were the spice of my youth! Oh how I miss those two studios!

8:30 Thank goodness for MIDI.

I had a bunch of the action figures but never had Castle Greyskull. Always wanted it though

8:27 - I'm pretty sure Horus and Abbaddon would be more than happy to tell you about "big, gold evil guys."

4:50 is seriously the funniest part of this whole video.

I love the little comedy bits you put in, they make the videos soooo much better!

Meg Foster was perfect for Evil-Lyn. Her eyes are chilling. Great review. This brought back so many memories.

Thanks! Frank Langella made for an excellent Skeletor. Much more maniacal than the cartoon. (I love both though)

Yep as crazy as it sounds, that is how it went down. Thanks for the sub!

I fell in love with Evil-Lynn when i first saw this movie...

I've become addicted to your videos, and love the random jokes that really catch me off guard. You deserve a billion likes, and a billion - two subscribers!

When you showed Snookie and said Dancin in the dark video girl you won me over bro. We would b friends lol

I know I'm little late, but how have I lived without you in my life?! The casual "Tom Paris" reference was stellar! 😉

Ha! Kudos points for the Brandon as Skeletor clip 🤣👍🏻

Btw meg foster who played evil lyn did not wear lenses, her eyes are really like that.

Love the movie. Frank Langellas performance as skeletor is awesome. Meg Foster is great as well.

9:07 I always thought her parents were flying a light aircraft. Graveside scene: "It's my fault they died." [..] "We were all supposed to go to the beach that day. But I said I had to study because I wanted to spend the day with you. So they took the plane to Catalina instead." It's not conclusive (and it's also five minutes of my life I'll never get back... ;-)

HUGE PROPS for the CKY 3 reference. Trophy achievement: Best youtuber EVER!

just watched it for the first time last night and i was Blown away, young tom paris saving the world from aliens, im 31 and i thought it was amazing. LOVED IT.

All the trivia at the end of this was awesome. Thanks for the vid dude.

I LOVE that CKY beastman video refrence. Such a good song. Lol

The soundtrack really is amazing. It's one reason why this is still a guilty pleasure for me. Also, why the sets & effects still look so good is because you're looking at what was going to be 'Superman 4' s budget.

Thanks! I think he just got stuck in that "tough guy" role even though he had some good acting chops and was way more intelligent than people knew. He should have at least been in some bigger action flicks. While some of his movies weren't the best, he was always good.

I love your captions, funny music at untimely moments, and pop culture refrences. You desirve way more views.

Thank you for not complete bashing this movie , this is one of my favorite movies of all times. Just found your you tube channel, love all the videos I’ve watched so far .

I always figured Gwildor was from an episode of the series I had missed. Hate that they changed the look of the characters so much but at least it stars The Greatest Starfleet Pilot EVER, *Thomas Eugene Paris!*

Interesting fact: In the early development stage, illustrator Ralph Mcquarrie , who made the legendary artwork that helped George Lucas sell Star Wars to the movie studio did a bunch of designs for vehicles and castles for the movie, none of which were used. They are available online. His designs for Grayskull were pretty sick!!!!!

Oh the nostalgia. Thanks for the review. Please do the guilty pleasure, “Enemy Territory”.

Extra points for the CKY(2k?) Skeletor clip. Me and my friends ended up ruining the CKY dvds by watching them so often, some good memories

I remember begging my dad to rent this for me, when it first came out on vhs, as I was a huge He-Man fan, & I loved it. Funny how I never thought about Orco not being in the film, until you brought it up on this video, lol. LMFAO, oh man, I used to have a wacky wall walker!!

That synth joke had be rollin' lol

Another great job Cecil on one of the very first films I got to see on the big screen when I was a kid and I still love it to this day!

Thanks! I know they were hoping to do a sequel and there was so much they could have done. Oh well. I've heard they are planning a big budget reboot but somehow I think it won't be as much fun as this.

Interesting side fact, He-Man was inspired by Robert E. Howard's (creator of Conan the Barbarian fame) original barbarian hero Kull the Conqueror, this included both the main villain Skeletor who was based of Kull's somewhat re-occurring enemy (until he killed him anyhow) necromancer Thulsa Doom who's head like Skeletor was a skull (a version of this villain made it into the Conan the Barbarian movie played by James Earl Jones but sadly without the Skeletor skull-face :) ). They also drew on the idea of a previous snake people of the evil snake god Set that ruled the world prior to humans (or Eternians I guess in He-Man world) which can re-appear as a current threat (and constantly shown with Skeletor's base as Snake Mountain) particularly in the He-Man reboot series of the 2000's. Of course the He-Man series added the futuristic elements and was kid orientated unlike the pulp fiction Kull stories which had allot more violence and some nudity (though much less then the later Conan stories, Kull being written as a character who unlike his successor was uninterested in sex, but only battle, He was also somewhat more intellectually curious then Conan, but it was with the Conan stories that Howard really struck a cord with the pulp magazine audience).

watching this vid gave me the greatest nostalgic feeling ever. this film was was one of my favourites as a child, right besides Willow and The Golden Child.

Thanks! Always happy to hear that. :)

I'm so glad to see you had reviewed this. Definitely one of my favourites because of Frank Langella. I feel like he just dominated the movie. Still, a great movie overall.

I lost my mind at the synthesizer bit. I wish I could go clubbing and when that song started bumpin through the speakers people would just clear the dance floor. I need space to truly unleash my talents.

Excellent review!

Probably one of favorites growing up. At my local video store I remember the poster at my local video rental store with the review "The STAR WARS for the 80's !" Although I'm glad that sequel didn't go through looking at MacGruder there who would've replaced Lundgren. They also used sets from Cannon's never made SPIDER-MAN along with the never made MASTERS sequel to get CYBORG made. I had read elsewhere Lundgren was early at one point supposed to do the sequel. And co-star with Jean Claude Van Damn was also to have a role in the project to boot. The two were friends ,and had always wanted to collaborate on a project together. It never happened until UNIVERSAL SOLDIER though.

I will always love this film, it brings back such good memories for me.

"It was a low point in my career but I would like to return to it or have a cameo" - Dolph

A reboot film based on the 2003 cartoon or the DC stuff would be pretty cool.

His name was Pigboy His name was Pigboy

Your reviews are my new favorites- can you review "Nighthawks" (Stallone as a cop in bathrobe)

2:37, perfect example of the amazing movie phenomenon - the recoil from laser rifle shot.

its so weird seeing castle greyskull so large... when I was a kid watching the origonal I swear I thought it was 3 rooms...walk through the door and theres her throne on top of a stair case, her bed room and I guess a small room attached to that where the magic swords come from.

"Drop the Zero, be with the hero!" "This bike be trippin!" said Vanilla Ice.

the one thing about the ending of the movie that i always find fascinating is that a year later from the last scene the two characters will be doing a back to the future 2 type of story only there prior knowledge of future events will change every thing i'd love to that as a sequel

I loved the new villains. Blade and Saurod especially. Was great to have new toys of them.

The Opening Credits Music answers the question, _What if: The epic and beautiful John Williams' Music... But bad and not epic?_ Perfect.

Yet another awesome vid...its criminal that you dont have more subscribers buddy!!

this film does hold a special place in my heart, i loved it as a kid and i still like it now!

evilyn is hot

That saurod action figure was amazing...the mouth shot sparks. Genuinely something you wouldn't see today.

Why did they have to go to earth? I mean we paid for Eternia.

sounds like a good day!

Absolutely loved this review! You rock..

The girl from the dancing in the dark videos is at her last day of work at the ribshack. Your commentary kills me. Hahahs

I still love this movie, and you rock for the Axel f theme

When I saw this in the theatre, the part where Lubbock took cover and said Holy Shit, the entire audience erupted with nervous laughter.

Your channel is fantastic dude. Keep up the good work. Subscribed.

Another stellar job with the review. This is the first film my parents ever bought for me..and it was on VHS..and I have cherished this film ever since. Sure it's corny, and full of cheese, but it's entertaining..and to be honest this is the only exposure I had to He-Man..other than the annoying kids yelling his name at a birthday party in Ghostbusters II..I think this film actually does some things better than the show did..namely Skeletor..he is actually intimidating. "Good Journey!"

Ah, Dorf...what a pro:) BTW, awesome work on all these videos, man, you've put a lot of effort into all these reviews. Really appreciate the work:)

My dad took me to see this in theaters when I was seven. We saw Superman IV right after (another good bad movie). I had such a crush on Courteney Cox.

6:59 hey, who invited Mr. Strickland?

The 2002 animated He-Man is still the BEST adaptation IMO.

At the time Transformers and Masters of the Universe were both really popular. As the years went by Transformers became the bigger property

Axel F is such a good piece of music

One thing I never noticed before, but did in this review, is that Man-at-Arms' costume, actually has a lot of its tradtional detailing in it but in black rather then his usual colors; making it look like a "stealth armor" version of the character.

I would love to see Lundgren play a role in the new He-Man movie (if it ever happens). I could definitely see him playing an ally of He-Man, like SyKlone for instance. Now THAT would be cool character to see done in CGI today.

8:15 Did you just...? As a 6'3 black guy I only have 3 words to say to that... I can't even.

00:50 Ha! It's a trick question! The Masters of the Universe toyline began in 1982!

This shit was dark as hell when I was a kid...awesome. Love it.