Zapped! |
  • USA • 1982 • 98m •    • Directed by: Robert J. Rosenthal. • Starring: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Robert Mandan, Felice Schachter, Scatman Crothers, Roger Bowen, Mews Small, Greg Bradford, Hilary Beane, Sue Ane Langdon, Heather Thomas, Hardy Keith, Curt Ayers. • Music by: Charles Fox.    Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic powers.
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The story finds Barney Springboro (Baio) accidentally creating a mixture which causes people to develop telekenetic powers. Pretty soon, he realises that his new talent can be put to a variety of uses - wallcharts fall on teachers' heads; Barney uses his ventriloquist-dummy to terrorize his mother; and at school baseball games, the ball does some mysterious things. But Barney's greatest use for his new skill is to undress busty girls just by thinking about it!
As silly and immature as it sounds, Zapped! is also totally harmless. Young adolescent boys will probably enjoy it, with its moments of smut and nudity. In real terms, it's a pretty poor movie but serious criticism seems rather pointless as the film never aspires to be anything more than what it is. Half-Porky's, half-Carrie, with plenty of good-looking women exposing themselves, a limp plot, excrutiating special effects, and utterly indifferent performances. If you're a male, aged 12-16, I can think of plenty of reasons you might want to watch Zapped! If you're anything else, my advice is simple: don't watch Zapped!
Review by Jonathon Dabell from the Internet Movie Database.
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