Josh Kirby... Time Warrior [5]: Journey to the Magic Cavern

• USA / Romania • 1996 • 88m •

• Directed by: Ernest Farino. • Starring: Corbin Allred, Jennifer Burns, Derek Webster, Barrie Ingham, Matt Winston, Nick De Gruccio, Cindy Sorenson, Michael Hagiwara, Lomax Study, Mihai Niculescu, Steve Blum, Claudiu Trandafir. • Music by: Richard Band, Reg Powell.

Time-traveling youth Josh Kirby, scientist Irwin 1138 and teen warrior Azabeth Siege are trying to keep a powerful device called the Nullifier away from evil Dr. Zoetrope. But they've hit a snag, having landed on a planet occupied by a race of mushroom people and seen Azabeth become ill upon eating a poisonous plant. They then search for the antidote, while also avoiding the many potential dangers surrounding them.

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Josh Kirby, Time Warrior...undoubtedly one of the greatest stories ever told. Well, not really. But it does include some of the worst dialogue this side of MST3K movies. Sets are poorly done, and the costumes are laughably bad.

This whole series was shot in Eastern Europe over the course of a year. You might recognize Irwin 1138 as the voice of Basil in the Great Mouse Detective. You might recognize Ding Dong the Mushroom as the Lady midget in Little Nicky. But you better recognize the greatness of this movie, or you will be punished according to the 21 codes of Kang.

This movie is a Kitsch classic. Watch it if you enjoy movies so bad they are good.

Review by F. Scott Fitzpanarchy from the Internet Movie Database.

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