Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Trapped on Toyworld (1995)

Sadly Over-hyped

Memorable, crazy movie

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

TRAPPED ON TOYWORLD is the third in the series of Josh Kirby children's fantasy films made in Romania by Full Moon Entertainment, the company best known for their low budget horror films. It's also by far the worst, a big drop in quality from the first two. Kirby jettisons his mates and ends up on Toyworld, a place full of characters in animal costumes and others acting quite creepily. He soon joins force with the good toys and battles to overthrow an evil dictator, but a face from his past arrives to complicate things. TRAPPED ON TOYWORLD is a very cheesy film, in fact a bit too cheesy for my liking. I can take silliness but this goes way over the top and the cheap production values just aren't enough to do the setting or story justice. If you want to watch a similar but better production, try the fun Laurel & Hardy effort BABES IN TOYLAND.

I give this a high rating because of how unintentionally hilarious it is. The special effects, the sets, the music, the costumes all look like they were made by drunken sailors in a dimly lit bar. My friends and I howled at the bad script and the acting. This is such a cheesefest - we did know how they ended up making so many of these. From the credits it looks like the whole crew is either Romanian or Hungarian - and you can see the actors breath in a lot of scenes and they look like they are FREEZING most of times outdoors. The scenes at Toy World are amazing - they play the most hellish "tune" over and over and you can tell some of the extras dressed as toys are into it and others are just there because they were promised five bucks and a warm meal. Some attempt the stiff arm doll movement, some try for awhile and then give up and others could care less. The actors who play Action Jack & Gepetto almost pull muscles from overacting. For those who enjoy hilariously bad sci-fi/fantasy check out JOSH KIRBY!!!

I've always been a fan of Awful sci-fi films, or attempts at awful sci-fi films. If you watch this movie with the intent of an edge of your seat thriller, then you're going to be disappointed.However if you, like me, found it at a Dollar Tree and thought it would be a fun way to waste time with your friends, then you will absolutely love it.Between the terrible dialouge, ridiculous plot, bad acting, awkward dances, unrealistic special effects, and predictable ending, this is the perfect film is there is absolutely nothing better to do and you need some cheering up with your best friends.

This is the third chapter of the Josh Kirby series. After falling out of the time pod Josh ends up on Toy World. A place where toys are as alive as you and me. Zoetrobe is also on Toy World looking for the next Nolifire component and it is soon revealed the Josh is a time warrior. There is not really much to say except for this was better then human pets and Dino Knights. The storyline was good just like all of the chapters. The acting was OK. Zoetrobe is of course up to his tricks and lies to get Josh to join him. You have to admit though time armer is a lot cooler then a time pod. I would recommend this to people who are open minded.Another Cliff Hanger.