Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

Damian Lee

Writer:

Damian Lee (writer)

Release Date:

18 December 1991 (Canada)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Action

Plot:

An alien "policeman" (Abraxas) arrives on Earth to apprehend a renegade of his own race who impregnates...

Plot Keywords:

Policeman | Alien | Mother Son Relationship | Strip Club | Sheriff

Cast

Jesse Ventura	...	Abraxas
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Secundus (as Sven Ole-Thorsen)
Damian Lee	...	Dar
Jerry Levitan	...	Hite
Marjorie Bransfield	...	Sonia Murray
Ken Quinn	...	Carl
Marilyn Lightstone	...	Abraxas' Answer Box (voice)
Moses Znaimer	...	Secundus' Answer Box (voice)
Robert Nasmith	...	Sonia's Father
Kris Michaels	...	Sonia's Mother
Layne Coleman	...	Registry Clerk
Francis Mitchell	...	Tommy Murray
Sonja Belliveau	...	Doctor
James Belushi	...	Principal Latimer (as Jim Belushi)
Erica Heenan	...	School Secretary

Also Known As:

Abraxas

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Thornbury, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Rose & Ruby Productions

Trivia:

Cameo: [James Belushi appears as Principal Latimer]as a favor to his then-wife Marjorie Bransfield, who plays Sonia.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Secundus throws the man talking about erotic dancers to the ground, his cap falls off. In the next shot, it is still on his head.

Quotes:

Teacher: Can I help you?
Secundus: Bring me the comater.
Teacher: What?
Secundus: I said: Bring me the comater, or I will kill all these children... one at the time!
[pats a boy on the head]
Secundus: I looooove children.

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

Silent Night

Worthy of MST:3K

The overall story is not dreadful, but it plays along as if a 10-year-old wrote it. Combine that with sub-sub-par acting, minimal (at best) effects work (someone had a lot of fun with gasoline explosions), and a soundtrack that sounds like it came straight from a bad '70s porn flick, and you end up with "Abraxas." There are a few funny parts, though. One was Jim Belushi playing a principal named "Latimer." That was his character's name (and position) in his earlier movie, "The Principal." The other was a character saying "a parsec is not an acceptable unit of time measurement on Earth." Obviously, a nod to the infamous "Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs" line from Star Wars. Overall, if you don't *have* to see Abraxas, don't.