The less you expect out of this 80s-style extrapolation of a classic sci-fi trope, the more you're likely to enjoy it.
1987
Directed by Joe Dante
Written by Jeffrey Boam and Chip Proser
With Dennis Quaid (Lt. Tuck Pendleton), Martin Short (Jack Putter), Meg Ryan (Lydia Maxwell), Henry Gibson (Mr. Wormwood), Wendy Shaal (Wendy), John Hora (Ozzie Wexler), Vernon Wells (Mr. Igoe), Fiona Lewis (Dr. Margaret Canker), Kevin McCarthy (Victor Scrimshaw), and Robert Picardo (The Cowboy)
Spoiler alert: moderate
