Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990)

An utterly incomprehensible low-budget sci-fi film. Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), renegade member of the intergalactic police, has come to Earth to impregnate a human woman Sonia (Marjorie Bransfield) - with his hand. Fellow alien cop Abraxus (Jesse "the Body" Ventura), the former partner of Secundus, comes to Earth to try and stop him but refuses to kill Sonia and her alien baby.

Now some years later it appears the child has some kind of galaxy threatening equation in his head which Secundus comes back to get, leaving a trail of broken bodies while he hunts the child down. Abraxus is in close pursuit...

So it isn't hugely original and seems to take inspiration from a number of other sci-fi movies. It is also very confusing and pretty cheesy. When there is action it is reasonable if sometimes unintentionally hilarious. Jesse Ventura makes the film though with his performance, he takes being a genetically engineered supercop from the other side of the galaxy a bit too far and produces one of the stiffest acing performances of all time.