Masters of the Universe (1987)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Gary Goddard

Writer:

David Odell (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Comedy

Tagline:

A Battle Fought In The Stars. Now... Comes To Earth.

Plot:

A life-action feature film based on the popular cartoon kids show about a prince turned warrior named He-Man.

Plot Keywords:

He Man | Masters Of The Universe | Based On TV Series | Based On Toy | Surprise After End Credits

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	He-Man
Frank Langella	...	Skeletor
Meg Foster	...	Evil-Lyn
Billy Barty	...	Gwildor
Courteney Cox	...	Julie Winston
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Kevin Corrigan
Jon Cypher	...	Duncan (Man-at-Arms)
Chelsea Field	...	Teela
James Tolkan	...	Detective Lubic
Christina Pickles	...	Sorceress of Castle Grayskull
Tony Carroll	...	Beastman
Pons Maar	...	Saurod
Anthony De Longis	...	Blade
Robert Towers	...	Karg
Barry Livingston	...	Charlie

Also Known As:

Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6 | Iceland:10 | Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Iceland

Company:

Golan-Globus Productions

Trivia:

Cannon Films originally had plans to make a Spider-Man movie but opted instead to take the money and split it in two for two other films: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and Masters of the Universe. The plan was to take the profits from both movies and make a large-budget Spider-Man movie. Both movies bombed at the box-office and the Cannon-produced Spider-Man movie never materialized.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Near the end of the movie, Det. Lubic pumps the slide on his shotgun three times before firing another shot. He does this as a) a threat, b) a fear-response and c) determination to act, but he is either emptying the gun or, as no shells come out, is using an empty weapon which, surprisingly, actually shoots when he gets around to pulling the trigger!

Quotes:

Robot: [regarding He-Man's allies] What about them, Sir?
Skeletor: Leave them be. As long as I let them live, He-Man is bound by his word. Let them rot.
[laughs]
Skeletor: Let them rot.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1986) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Waitin' Up

I have the power!!!!!

I love this movie, yes it has bad acting and cheesy effects but so did the original star wars movies, right?? the only thing star wars had was that intangible you cant describe when talking about movies. it had "it" Masters of the universe had "it" as well but i think it had a different kind of it. Frank Langella has probably the most underrated performances as the evil and sinister Skeletor, one of my votes as baddest bad guy in movie history if they had something like that... this is the Jack Nicholson performance of the Joker before Batman. I don't know why people are giving it such a low rating, there are a ton of movies that are a lot worse out there. You have to realize that this was made in 1987 and SFX weren't as good as they are today, but this had heart and it shows if you watch it. If you go into it watching for deeper meanings and all this other stuff that art fans go for, i can see why you'd bash it afterward. But if you go into it expecting a fantasy story and great sci fi action, you will not be disappointed... you might actually be surprised with it!