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The sublime goofiness of ‘Megaforce’
MegaForce (1982)
The combination of ultra-cheesy blue-screen effects, a motorcycle that looks like it’s made of Styrofoam and garbage can lids, gold lamé jumpsuit and the actors’ goofy reaction shots make this scene from Megaforce a classic of ‘so bad it’s good’ cinema. A cult favorite – Matt Stone and Trey Parker paid homage to Megaforce in Team America: World Police and an episode of South Park – it’s inexplicably never been released on DVD. I’d love to hear director Hal Needham’s commentary.
“Megaforce, a phantom Army of super elite fighting men whose weapons are the most powerful science can devise”
The appropriately goofy theme song was written by Jerrold Immel.