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Revenge of the Red Baron

Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)

September. 28,1994
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3.3
| Adventure Fantasy Horror Comedy

The Red Baron returns in a toy plane to kill the former World War I ace that shot him down.

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Platicsco
1994/09/28

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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AshUnow
1994/09/29

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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filippaberry84
1994/09/30

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Portia Hilton
1994/10/01

Blistering performances.

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Amy Adler
1994/10/02

Jimmy (Tobey Maguire) is a teen still seething from his parents divorce. All too often he gets angry at school and, finally, he is suspended for confronting a teacher. His mother (Laraine Newman) loses patience and forces Jimmy to spend some time with his wealthy but uncaring dad. Now, Jimmy has lists of chores to do and nothing is ever good enough for his working-on-my-tan father. The only bright spot is the chance to see his grandfather (Mickey Rooney), a semi-invalid who bunks with his son. When they get some free time, G-pa and Jim fly the older man's prize possessions, two remote control airplanes. One of the flying machines is a WW I American vessel, the other, a replica of the Red Baron's plane. One day, sadly, Grandpa has a fall and ends up in the hospital. After this, strange events occur. The Red Baron plane begins to fly on its own, with a nasty mini-German pilot with an urge to kill. Jimmy has a few narrow misses and his dad sends him to counseling, refusing to believe his story. Then, Dad gets attacked in his own swimming pool and dies. Jimmy is blamed and jailed. But, at a tense moment, his mother comes to realize her son is telling the truth and breaks her son out of lockup to escape. Will they? Can anything stop this Chucky in the air? This horrible film is for absolutely nobody. Children should definitely not be allowed to see it and fans of horror films probably won't like it either. Rooney, who is still charming, must have been out of his mind to agree to star in it, and Maguire, Newman, and all of the others were likely temporarily insane, too. With a different approach, such as the Red Baron just making messes instead of murdering folks, it might have worked. But, no costumes, script, direction, actors, or anything else could save this bomb. The best revenge here is to steer far, far away from this disaster of a flick.

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Wizard-8
1994/10/03

Most actors do not start off their careers by appearing in lead roles in "A" movies. Usually they have to get whatever parts they can get, and that includes Tobey Maguire, who appeared in this Roger Corman production before he was famous. After watching this movie, I am sure that today he is very embarrassed by this early effort, especially when it was re-released on DVD with his name prominently plastered on the front of the DVD case.What went wrong with this movie? Plenty! First of all, while this movie is marketed towards a family audience, it is NOT appropriate for children. The first clue should be its PG-13 rating ("For some violence", according to the MPAA) This movie has some scenes of violence that will freak some kids out, like the protagonist's father being electrocuted to death, people shot and sporting bloody wounds, and much more. But the movie also earns its rating with plenty of foul language, with characters using words such as "s**t" and "a**hole".So the movie is not for kids. But it's also not for adults. There is not one likable character in the movie. Even the paramedics are shown to be nasty! Add terrible special effects, unconvincing acting, really stupid decisions by the characters, and no explanation as to how the protagonists lose their "wanted" status by the police at the end of the movie, and you have one terrible movie. It's not even so-bad-it's-good to watch.

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ILostMyNameCanIHaveYours
1994/10/04

Toby, if you're reading this, please do your self a favor. I want you to go to the nearest Church, go to the alter, get down on your knees, then thank God that he forgave you for this awful film and allowed you to get the lead roles in good movies like Spider-man. If you're not a Christian then go to the nearest synagogue, moss, Hindu temple or what ever. If you an atheist then thank your own luck, but I think only God could have caused you to shake this awful movie from your reputation!Toby plays a kid who now has to spend some time with his grumpy father and grandpa play by Mickey Rooney. The poor old man must of bin really desperate for cash if he agreed to this role. Any way, grandpa Rooney is a World War 1 vet who shot the evil Red Baron down in battle. I thought he was on our side? So Rooney take the parts of the Barons plane and makes a toy plane; that just happens to have real guns. When lighting strikes the plane the ghost of the Red Baron posses the toy, bringing it to life. So this toy plane complete with a cheap puppet polite goes on a killing spree. It up to Spiderman-oh sorry I mean Toby, to stop this evil!To sum it up real quick, just in case you don't want read the rest; this movie sucks!!!! Stay away!!!!Now for why. It's really hard to say who this movie is made for because it dose not seem to fit any genera.Family Film? No way! This movie is way too violent for little kids. The Red Baron shoots who ever he comes across. He kills Toby father by electrocuting him and laughs "evilly" as he does it. This movie will scare the crap out of any one under 7. Parents stay away!Horror movie then? Oh God no. As I said before any one under 7 will be scared. The rest us will be rolling in our seats in pain! The Red Baron is the worst villain of all time. He is nothing but a cheap puppet with one of the worst German Accents I have heard in my life. It seem like the movie is trying to be scary and yet at the same time try's to avoid being scary. The music is just too bright and happy for a horror flick. The evil one liners suck and how all the characters act in the film kill's any scary mood to this movie. Which never existed to begin with!Then maybe it's a Comedy you ask? Nope, you see dear reader comedies are funny. This is just painful. The humor in this is much like something that a 5 year old would write. The humor, if that is humor there attempting at, is so cheesy that no one will be able to laugh! The only thing funny and scary about this movie is how did this movie get a script and production team to agree to make it! This is one those idea's that should stay in a writers head, not to be shared to anyone.....ever.If you do come across this movie on DVD don't watch it. Here a list of things I like you to do instead.1. Take a hammer and smash it. 2. Take a gun and shoot it. 3. Flush it down the toilet. 4. Burn it 5. Drive over it with your car. Just don't watch it. That would be a waste of your time and sanity.That why I give this plane crash a big fat 1 out of 10.and I hope it burns in hell.....

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compbuttons
1994/10/05

This movie was so badly un-scary that it was funny. As said in the comment before it should be labeled a comedy and not a horror film. It is sort of like Child's Play but even that series of films had some frightening elements in them. The person who is probably the luckiest as well as most famous in this flick is Mr. Toby Maguire. He is most famous for his role as Spider-Man in the movies of the same name. The reason I call him the luckiest is because after making such a severely bad movie he was lucky to get another shot at a role in ANY movie. This movie is not one to be watched if you are looking to be scared or frightened but it is good for a couple of laughs and a lot of give me a breaks. If you are looking for scary go watch Scream, Nightmare on Em Street, Friday the 13th, or even jaws because this movie here is guaranteed not to scare.

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