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In their book DVD & Video Guide, Mick Martin and Marsha Porter called it a "dreadful low-budget film with some excellent special effects by David Allen". [53] Doug Pratt, who criticized the poor acting and dull dialogue, said that the special effects and stop motion animation "are well executed, but the sequences without effects are fairly dumb ...
Two additional guides rank the production slightly higher and lower — Mick Martin's and Marsha Porter's DVD & Video Guide (2007 edition) dispenses 3 stars (out of 5), reminding that "[T]hose who fondly remember television's F Troop should adore this cavalry comedy", concluding that it is "[O]verlong, but fun nonetheless", while Videohound's ...
The DVD & Video Guide by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter called the film "surprisingly entertaining" and Film Threat Magazine said it was a "worthwhile excursion" while British site Popcorn Pictures said it was "wholly unoriginal but has just enough mileage in it to see itself to the end". [citation needed]
Mick Martin's and Marsha Porter's DVD & Video Guide (2007 edition) goes still higher, dispensing 3½ stars (out of 5), describing it as a "[N]otable debut for filmmaker Susanna Styron, who coadapts father William Styron's short story…" The write-up ends with "[E]ven though the film never lacks sincerity, it does tend to skirt several ...
In 2002, TV Guide described the film as "La Ronde-style vignettes detailing the interlinked romantic encounters of a group of young Los Angelenos." [3] It received two out of five stars in DVD & Video Guide 2005, by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter. The review states, "sex is the factor that links the different characters in this episodic movie ...
In 2004, the film was passed by the BBFC and was released uncut on DVD by Film 2000, and was released in the U.S. by Dark Sky Films in 2008. [6] In June 2017, the film was released in the United States and United Kingdom in a Blu-ray & DVD combination package from Arrow Films, featuring a new 4K restoration of the original film elements.
Mick Martin's & Marsha Porter's DVD & Video Guide also puts its rating high, at 4 stars (out of 5) finding it, as Videohound did, "a highly suspenseful account of an attempted military takeover..." and indicating that "the movie's tension snowballs toward a thrilling conclusion.
One review came from Mick Martin and Marsha Porter's DVD and Video Guide, where they called it an "uproarious parody" and praising Nielsen's performance. [2] The film otherwise received largely negative reviews on the few theatrical releases it had and on its video release.