Real Genius (1985)
7/10
Cool geek entry with Val Kilmer at his best!!!
3 June 2020
Probable of the best Val Kilmer role ever, he carries the picture all along, he plays Chris Knight typical young genius fed up with tons of works given by stupid persons, then he decides slide easy in a flamboyant lifestyle, just having fun with women with weird and lazy behavior, until reach a new one young genius Mitch Taylor (Gabriel Jarret) to aid him in laser beam project at school, in the group that developing the embryonic project has a jealous guy Kent (Robert Prescott) who hves a blind subservience for his nasty chief Prof. Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton) due he was not enough smart, perceiving the upcoming Chris's success he recklessly sabotage the experiment, also the movie offers an unusual character Lazlo Hollyfeld who living in the wardrobe, actually an enter to a basement, a true genius who give up to create any inventions for malign purposes, one of most colorful characters at sight, all remainder are sub-plot with some gags here and there, a silly proposition for a teenager audience, 80' eletronic music score, an absence of sex appeal is widely noticed, a sort of geek entry, nonetheless fresh!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.
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