Build it. Build it. Play again.
1984, USA, Colour, 91 minutes
Directed by Nigel Attenwood. Written by Randy “T-bone” Turner
Starring Cary James, Bobbi Regent, Hans Schemeckler
A weak attempt to dramatise the popular block building arcade game of the early 80's. In the game, players are given the outline of a building, and have to manouver different shaped blocks in the space to build it without any extra bits. The movie is about a firm of architects that take the most extreme jobs on earth; moving blocks around volcanos and on the moon in a similar (and similarly dull) manner to the game. One of their clients turns out to be using one of their old buildings (in the Antarctic) as a world-threatening base of operations. As the only people with knowledge of the site they're sent in to “unbuild” it. Crap action scenes. Nice scenery.
Watch out for – British director Attenwood (defining slumming with this film) in his cameo as an amazed newspaperman.
Quote – “The nuclear warheads I can deal with, it's the wallpaper that really vandalises my design.”
Reviewed by R.P. Thunderdunk
