This movie is bananas. I love it.

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Buckaroo is a goofy ass sci-fi film from the 80’s that feels like it’s the middle chapter in a book you dreamt of when you were home sick from school.

This movie rules.

The basic plot is that Buckaroo Banzai is a surgeon, adventurer, and scientist who discovers a way to travel through the 8th dimension. This invention catches the eye of Evil John Lithgow who is a scientist who was possessed by a demon from the 8th dimension whilst trying to create a way to travel through it. Seeing this, Evil John Lithgow hunts down Buckaroo in order to try to get back home and Buckaroo ends up stopping him and saving the day.

This movie is not good.

You can tell that the production was woebegone and beset by issues due to the varying levels of quality over the course of the film. But, this only ads to its charm. This film is a beautiful example of what can happen when you give a decent budget to a B movie.

It’s an insane, weird romp through time and space with a cast of colorful characters played by some great actors including Jeff Goldblum and Clancy Brown.

It feels like a Saturday morning cartoon that someone is trying to tell you about but can’t remember the plot nor the names of the characters.

This film is warm and inviting, funny and action-packed, sincere and zany: everything you might want but accomplished pretty terribly. I cannot stress enough how little this film makes sense upon its viewing.

I’m sorry if I’m doing a poor job reviewing this film. Buckaroo is so odd that it truly needs to just be experienced.

Once you watch it, love it or hate it, you’ll have seen it.

The runtime is 102 minutes.