From Albert Ruddy the producer of The Godfather and auteur director Hal Needham comes this would be Star Wars ripoff of I don't know ineptitude, stupidity, unintentional action comedy, you name it.
It would be easy to write a "rip into the movie review' on this one but suffice it to say this movie lays it self wide open for a barrage of cheap shots from amateur film blog reviewers like myself.
However we can look at some of the peripheral parts of the film. A quick google search on this film shows websites with a lot of Megaforce toys for sale. As part of the marketing for this film a whole series of little toy cycles or souped up trucks were created, when Megaforce bombed the toys disappeared as fast as the movie only to find a home on ebay like websites.
Finally there is this account from the IMDB page on this film.
"One of the first jobs I ever had was with a catering company. Imagine our excitement being hired on for the desert-location filming of MEGAFORCE! Everyone involved with the film seemed quite confident that it was going to become a smash summer hit.
Watching the filming at Nevada's dry lakes, it did feel like something momentous was in the making, but nobody could have imagined just how negative a reaction this movie was going to receive. I almost didn't want to see it, but curiosity got the better of me. Truthfully, I don't think it's nearly as horrible as many have made it out to be, though it's certainly not *good*, either. There's enough vehicle stunts, random explosions, and weapons futurismo to keep average 12-year-olds very entertained, and I think that may be exactly what Hal Needham intended for this project.
I still have a box filled with t-shirts, ball-caps, and other promotional crap emblazoned with "DEEDS, NOT WORDS". It may not have the iconic carriage of, say, "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU", but I'll keep these things for posterity, anyhow...
...and I hope everyone on the set enjoyed the food..."
99 minutes.
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