Science Fiction · Action
Solarbabies
From a distant star a powerful and mystical force comes to Earth. And for those brave enough to follow, it will change their lives forever.
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
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Top Cast
Richard Jordan
Grock
Jami Gertz
Terra
Jason Patric
Jason
Lukas Haas
Daniel
James Le Gros
Metron
Claude Brooks
Rabbit
Peter DeLuise
Tug
Peter Kowanko
Gavial
Directed by
Alan Johnson
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerReviews
GenerationofSwine
10/101/12/2023
Well, I don't know what to say...honestly. I guess I can say that I loved it as a child, and it's getting the 10 of 10 based on remembering when I watched it through a child's eyes. But there are certain tropes with this genre, and it hits the shortage of water trope, and the roller skate trope, but misses a lot of the others. So I do feel like it doesn't really sit well with the genre it's made to be a part of. But then, it's made to appeal to kids AND teens, and it certainly did. The magic glowing ball from outer space with it's feel good happy vibes does give it a very Disney inspired feel... 1980s Disney. And it is kind of rife with political messaging... and by that I mean 1980s political messaging, as in it's NOT overt, it's NOT in your face, it doesn't dominate the film...
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