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Slipstream | 
| Actors: Bill Paxton, Mark Hamill, Ben Kingsley
Studio: Osiris Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 85223
Format: Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WESD0019D
UPC: 798622000194
EAN: 0798622000194
ASIN: B0000A03KA
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Ingram Entertainment Release Date: 07/29/2003
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 Quirky movie with a really great concept. February 17, 2009
SRFireside (Houston, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of those movies that has some great potential, but ultimately doesn't deliver all the way through. The premise is creative, the talent is solid and the scenery is beautiful. The script, while solid, lacks the proper pacing to keep up with the virtues of this movie. In other words you won't be on the edge of your seat watching Slipstream.
The setting is both unique and very familiar. The familiar part is the post-apocalyptic looks that Mad Max made so popular. The unique part is making a society both dependent and afraid of the wind. I like the idea of ultra light planes and gliders being the standard mode of transport and the on location scenes really shine with some amazing shots. The plot might not be the most original in the world, but that's not what makes the premise creative. Instead of having a movie done in the eyes of the hero you get a good amount of seeing things in the eyes of the fugitive Byron (Bob Peck), which I find to be intriguing.
You get some good performances with the actors here. Mark Hamill seems to be enjoying his role as villain without overplaying it and Bill Paxton is dynamic as always. Kitty Aldridge does a good performance of the person in the middle. Kudos should ultimately go to Bob Peck with perhaps the most compelling straight man/robot performance I have seen in a while. Special effects are rather simple. Nothing really beyond conventional effects like models, opticals and environmental stuff will be found on Slipstream. Combine that with what can be considered a dated look and you can assume this is a low budget movie.
So you have an interesting premise, good performances from popular actors, people who made Tron and Star Wars IV and V working this film; what could go wrong? One simple answer: script. The pacing of the movie lacks in several scenes and the way this very interesting story is laid out makes it look more muddled than creative. Some might even call the movie boring when you go by script alone. This movie definitely could have used some rework.
Slipstream gives you great scenery, solid acting, and an interesting theme. Unfortunately it also gives you lack of clarity in executing all of this. Those of you who would be considered thinkers will likely appreciate this movie a lot more than those who look for action, drama or lots of stuff to keep a short attention span interested. Personally I find the movie very interesting and ended up with a smile on my face by the end credits. Your mileage may vary depending on how much you are willing to be more soaked in the setting than on the story.
 i liked it..... January 19, 2008
T. Martin (moving to texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
yes, i agree with the other reviewers who didn't care for the quality control. but, i did like this movie. i liked the fact that it was daylight on the earth (so to speak) and not surrounded by green screen on a studio set. and, of course, the age old question as to whether or not man is losing his humanity and leaving emotions to our robotic servants.
we can't always have special effects, the best writers, editors, etc. but it is a decent movie. and yes, i feel they wasted bill paxton, as well.
 good potential- wasted July 10, 2006
N. Stepro (new albany, IN United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In this UK sci-fi, the apocalypse takes the form of a slipstream', powerful wind that scourages much of the earth's surface.
An on-the-run-for-murder android (Bob Peck - an excellent performance ; OK, I think he was pretty attractive RIP) is captured for ransom from 2 law officers (Mark Hamill and Kiity Aldridge). The law chases them to a religious wind cult and hidden civ of pampered rich folks. On the way, the android develops human emotions and falls in love.
Pros: Neat glider type airplanes. Great background score that would have helped if there were more panoramic flying sequences...Bob Peck is suave and attractive. Neat rescue sequence when 'Byron' (android) is tied to a large kite at the height of a windstorm by the cult for the "Winds to decide his fate".
Cons: Bad editing. Example is the shoot-out between Hamill, Kitteridge and a group of drug smugglers. Not enough flying over landscapes. Wasted cameos by Ben Kingsly and F. Murray Abraham and Robbie Coltrane. Confusing unexplained scenes: communal bath (?) scene (with clothes on?), boy with cataracts healed. Wasted character: Bill Paxton. Dialogue.
 slipstream July 30, 2003
chris bowes (padstow, nsw Australia)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
BE WARNED THIS IS A VERY BAD COPY OF A VIDEO TAPE MASTER.
WHAT A SHAME TO RUIN SUCH A GOOD MOVIE
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