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LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE
* * (1997, 95 minutes, Rated R)
Going where no Leprechaun has gone before!
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In the farthest regions of space, a platoon of Space Marines are suiting up to hunt down a
"disruptive alien." Because we've all seen Aliens, they're a predictable bunch: Various ethnicities,
the tough-talking lady roughneck, the hard-as-nails sergeant who has had half his skull replaced
with the same material Tylenol makes capsules with. Just as predictably, they're saddled with a
foxy scientist lady with zero combat experience, whose mission is to "collect samples." And
predictably, the roughnecks are not pleased.
Meanwhile, inside the cave featured in every other episode of "Star Trek," a girl off the set of Flash
Gordon has been chained to a wall. Here comes her capture, and it's... the Leprechaun! If you're
waiting for an explanation of how the Leprechaun got here after however many hundreds of years,
get in line.
Turns out that Ms. Flash Gordon is a "galactic princess," and the Leprechaun has "invited" her here
for a dinner date. His motivation is simple: As a magical, neigh-invulnerable being, he's tired of
being "treated like a dog" because he's a creepy little bastard in a ridiculous green suit.
His solution is to marry the princess, thus becoming royalty himself.
* * (1997, 95 minutes, Rated R)
Going where no Leprechaun has gone before!
IN A HURRY? CHECK OUT OUR MINI-REVIEW IN THE UTICA OBSERVER-DISPATCH!
In the farthest regions of space, a platoon of Space Marines are suiting up to hunt down a
"disruptive alien." Because we've all seen Aliens, they're a predictable bunch: Various ethnicities,
the tough-talking lady roughneck, the hard-as-nails sergeant who has had half his skull replaced
with the same material Tylenol makes capsules with. Just as predictably, they're saddled with a
foxy scientist lady with zero combat experience, whose mission is to "collect samples." And
predictably, the roughnecks are not pleased.
Meanwhile, inside the cave featured in every other episode of "Star Trek," a girl off the set of Flash
Gordon has been chained to a wall. Here comes her capture, and it's... the Leprechaun! If you're
waiting for an explanation of how the Leprechaun got here after however many hundreds of years,
get in line.
Turns out that Ms. Flash Gordon is a "galactic princess," and the Leprechaun has "invited" her here
for a dinner date. His motivation is simple: As a magical, neigh-invulnerable being, he's tired of
being "treated like a dog" because he's a creepy little bastard in a ridiculous green suit.
His solution is to marry the princess, thus becoming royalty himself.
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So how is a nasty little toad like the
Leprechaun supposed to win over this
intergalactic hottie? Same way nasty
little toads land hotties today: with lots
and lots of cash.
Have you figured out by now that the
space marines are out to get the
Leprechaun? Oh. Well, they are. I
particularly love how the roughnecks all
are equipped with face visors, and all
insist on keeping the visors up. One of
the roughnecks shoots a muppet,
alerting the Leprechaun to their
presence. That gives him a chance to
Leprechaun supposed to win over this
intergalactic hottie? Same way nasty
little toads land hotties today: with lots
and lots of cash.
Have you figured out by now that the
space marines are out to get the
Leprechaun? Oh. Well, they are. I
particularly love how the roughnecks all
are equipped with face visors, and all
insist on keeping the visors up. One of
the roughnecks shoots a muppet,
alerting the Leprechaun to their
presence. That gives him a chance to
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use his loot to lay a trap. When one of the space marines starts helping himself, the Leprechaun
sneaks up behind him and OMIGOD HE HAS A WEE LITTLE LIGHTSABER! The Leprechaun cuts
him down to size, heh heh.
sneaks up behind him and OMIGOD HE HAS A WEE LITTLE LIGHTSABER! The Leprechaun cuts
him down to size, heh heh.
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Shoot out! Zap zap! Somehow, the roughnecks can't hit the not-so fleet of foot Leprechaun as he
scampers for cover. A grenade makes short work of the Leprechaun, but when the grenade-lobber
opts to relieve himself on a smoldering Leprechaun limb, he gets a jolt to the wang for his efforts.
scampers for cover. A grenade makes short work of the Leprechaun, but when the grenade-lobber
opts to relieve himself on a smoldering Leprechaun limb, he gets a jolt to the wang for his efforts.
I'm sure that electric pee will be important later. Particularly to the grenade-lobber, when during an
inopportune moment on the ship, the Leprechaun comes bursting out of him, Alien-style. Only
instead of bursting out of the chest, the Leprechaun bursts out of (forgive me) his cockhole.
From there, the movie becomes Alien except it's with the Leprechaun, who is allowed the
occasional soliloquy about how he's going to kill everyone. And an abundance of "running down
the hall" shots. And with zero tension.
Two sub-plots fill the ample spaces in-between. One involves our lead marine, "Books," trying to
score with the hottie scientist. He crashes and burns in ways that make me feel like I was a real
smooth operator back in the day. The other involves a very strange mad scientist named Dr.
Mittenhand trying to reanimate his body with DNA from the galactic princess.
I have to admit, I'm a bit jealous that I didn't come up with the name "Dr. Mittenhand."
inopportune moment on the ship, the Leprechaun comes bursting out of him, Alien-style. Only
instead of bursting out of the chest, the Leprechaun bursts out of (forgive me) his cockhole.
From there, the movie becomes Alien except it's with the Leprechaun, who is allowed the
occasional soliloquy about how he's going to kill everyone. And an abundance of "running down
the hall" shots. And with zero tension.
Two sub-plots fill the ample spaces in-between. One involves our lead marine, "Books," trying to
score with the hottie scientist. He crashes and burns in ways that make me feel like I was a real
smooth operator back in the day. The other involves a very strange mad scientist named Dr.
Mittenhand trying to reanimate his body with DNA from the galactic princess.
I have to admit, I'm a bit jealous that I didn't come up with the name "Dr. Mittenhand."
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Anyway, Dr. Mittenhand spends much of the movie
talking via computer screen, with a great big
close-up of his bald kisser, shouting in an
outrageous German accent. The big reveal about
Dr. Mittenhand is that he's not only on the ship with
everyone else, but he's half-man, half-word
processor.
Then Dr. Mittenhand turns into a giant mutant
spider-muppet.
So yeah, if you have to watch a Leprechaun movie,
make it this one.
talking via computer screen, with a great big
close-up of his bald kisser, shouting in an
outrageous German accent. The big reveal about
Dr. Mittenhand is that he's not only on the ship with
everyone else, but he's half-man, half-word
processor.
Then Dr. Mittenhand turns into a giant mutant
spider-muppet.
So yeah, if you have to watch a Leprechaun movie,
make it this one.
W Sometimes you want a strictly quantitative way to measure a film's entertainment value. I understand: numbers never lie. Though I'm not so sure about 17. I always thought 17 looks a little shifty... DEATHS BY LEPRECHAUN: 6 MAIMINGS / MUTILATIONS BY LEPRECHAUN: 2 SCI-FI FILMS OR TV SHOWS FAR SUPERIOR TO LEPRECHAUN 4 ALLUDED TO IN THIS REVIEW: 5 REMINDERS NOT TO PEE ON ELECTRICAL ITEMS IN THIS REVIEW: 1 |
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