Innerspace

Innerspace

Description

A devil-may-care test pilot volunteers to be shrunk and injected in to a rabbit as part of a top secret experiment. When industrial spies steal one of the two microchips needed to reverse the process, the pilot is accidentally injected into the body of a timid supermarket clerk. the two, along with the pilots girlfriend, have 24 hours to find the stolen microchip before the pilot uses up his oxygen supply.

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Distractingly loose but clever, this 1987 comedy by Joe Dante (Gremlins, Matinee) stars Martin Short as a hypochondriac and Dennis Quaid as a miniaturized test pilot who is accidentally injected into him. Taking a page or two (or a hundred) from the classic science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage, Innerspace details the adventures of traveling through the human bodys complicated systems, though in this case, it proves an unusual way for two characters to forge a bond. Dantes endless imagination goes into overdrive here, but the film is more gimmick than anything else and ultimately feels a bit hollow. Fans of Short or Quaid might like it more than most, though Dantes hardcore fans will also appreciate seeing his stock players Dick Miller and Kevin McCarthy. --Tom Keogh
Rate Points :4.5
Binding :DVD
Brand :Warner Brothers
Label :Warner Home Video
Manufacturer :Warner Home Video
MPN :WARD15200D
ProductGroup :DVD
Studio :Warner Home Video
Publisher :Warner Home Video
UPC :085391520023
EAN :9780790761640
Price :$14.96USD
Lowest Price :$6.00USD
Customer ReviewsFun
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :0
This is a very engaging little farce, with terrific physical comedy from Martin Short. Dennis Quaids talents may be wasted a bit, as hes stuck in a cramped capsule for most of the film, but he gets plenty of wisecracking in. Nothing deep or profound here, just well-crafted silliness.

Innerspace - great entertainment
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
Innerspace is a wonderful combination of comedy and action. The antics of Martin Short are hilarious. Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan are phenomenal. This is a great movie for the whole family.

Perfect!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
Arrived in a reasonable amount of time and was totally undamaged, could not ask for more :)

Spielbergs Fantastic Voyage
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
This movie was released in 1987...and many movies from the 80s show their 20 year age but this movie does not show its age. As a true testament to Spielberg and the great actors, this movie has aged very little. If it werent for the very young Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Robert Picardo, you could say that this movie is a fairly recent release.

The premise is simple. Dennis Quaid is a test pilot who has been passed up for the space program and instead is picked up by an obscure government program to pilot a submarine that is going to be miniaturized and injected into a rabbit. He has some personal problems with Meg Ryan and she dumps him. He gets miniaturized but before he can be injected into the rabbit the bad guys break into the lab to steal the technology that miniaturizes people. A lab assistant escapes with a minaturized Quaid in his pod in a syringe. Before he is killed, the assistant injects Quaid into an unsuspecting hypocondriac, Martin Short. Quaids pod has the capability to interface with the optic nerve and the eardrum of the person hes injected in so he can "talk" to his host and "see" what he sees. And so, begins this wonderful adventure to get Quaid back to normal size by getting the stolen technology back, get Quaid back together with Meg Ryan, to get the bad guys, and to prove that Martin Short is not crazy hearing Quaid in his head. I wont spoil the movie from there on -- its a great ride. Oh, I will add that somewhere along the way we bump into Robert Picardo who plays "The Cowboy," a wonderfully memorable performance by Robert Picardo as some kind of technology mercenary -- Picardo commands the silver screen whenever hes on camera --definitely worth watching for just that.

This movie was great back in the 80s and still is a great movie. Spielberg did a great job making it timeless. The special effects are still good today and Quaid, Short, Meg Ryan, Robert Picardo are great in this movie.

The movie felt very much like a modernized Fantastic Voyage -- being about the inner space (the human body) only with a romantic comedy action adventure movie mixed in.

This is definitely worth watching -- its an "A" Movie from an "A" Director with "A" Actors. I will also say that this is a more innocent movie from a more innocent time in moviemaking which is a welcome break from the overly "cool" and overly "sheik" personas in todays movies. It is a Fantastic Voyage. If you grew up in the 80s, youll love this.

If youre wondering what the feel of this movie is -- its very similar to Back to the Future in terms of flavor with about the same amount of adventure, a dash less comedy and a pinch more romantic comedy. This movie inspired rides at the major theme parks so it was a major production. If you have Back to the Future, you need to have Inner Space.

Great Movie
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
This movie is really funny, and I think its special effects were ahead of its time.

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