Groom Lake (2002)

That's part of the charm and the joke of it. It's supposed to partially make fun of science fiction movies, and it's supposed to be a bad science fiction movie in itself. That's William Shatner's style, and if you can look through trying to take it completely seriously, you can catch the inside joke of it.But, it's not all just a joke. It includes some interesting special effects, camera angles/lighting, ideas, and has an "alien life form" that can exchange its essence into all sorts of receptacles. I liked it quite a lot, but then again, I like weirder, offbeat stuff. I still love things like Howard The Duck, and Killer Klowns From Outer Space, no matter what anyone says.

This was some of the worst ever to be made for entertainment...It was so bad, that I watched the whole movie on fast forward...I know why watch the movie, if it was so bad, well I spend money renting this "thing", so better get my money's worth, and well I still feel cheated...

I love Bill Shatner. I have seen most anything he's done, and even went to Ssplat attack II to see him. Still, he shouldn't just take any damn movie. I mean, there is that stupid chef show, now this, this horrible, horrible movie. You may think 'how bad can it be?'. Well, I was dehydrated for two days from spitting on the DVD and cursing Bill Shatner's name.

You know you have to wonder what's going on with Bill Shatner. He's a talented actor with a beautiful speaking voice, capable of superior performances.But some of the stuff he is involved in makes you want to shake your head. And this stuff isn't off-the-wall good. It's off-the-wall poor. Poorly made, poorly paced, poorly edited, poorly written, etc. It's as if he is someone who is not quite in touch with himself; and it shows in the projects and people with which he gets associated.And now we have 'Groom Lake'. It wouldn't make you winch so hard, if it hadn't also been written and directed by Shatner. The logicalness and continuity is uncomfortably close to what you'd expect from an Ed Wood-level production.Here's this bonehead boyfriend risking life and limb roaring up a treacherous hillside with his dying girlfriend, all the time assuring her that it'll be all right. Well, it's not all right, Mr. Genius. Their vehicle overturns and rolls completely down the hill. And this is only one part of a heavily fragmented, unsupported story line. The negative comments could go on.For the record this viewer would like to be a full-time fan of Shatner. But, Bill, somehow you just aren't getting the job done. You are capable of a much more brilliant body of work.