Tubi Thursday: Atomic Eden (2015)

 After Godzilla Minus Zero, I couldn't do another Monster Movie or anything serious.
Thankfully, Tubi is full of Rifftrax features, so I found one from...2015?

That's fast!

The Film begins with a bunch of Action Shots from later in the Film.

Why set up the Film when you can just start in the middle?

The *actual* start involves Fred Williamson going around and recruiting random people for a mission.

He travels the whole world- or at least they imply that he does- even though this mission is time sensitive.

One of them is the Writer/Director/Producer.

Thankfully, he was smart enough to make himself the first Hero to be killed off, since that makes his workload lighter!

Once we've wasted nearly half the runtime recruiting everyone, they go to Chernobyl to find some hidden MacGuffin that shares the Title's name.

They have 36 hours and these guys in Hazmast Suits are there to stop them.

Action ensues, albeit in small, self-contained sections for each person.

Granted- many of them just sit in windows and shoot people (including the 77 year old Williamson).

Regardless, they get picked off in this Scene and then a nightime attack as well.

Do they save the day?
To find out, stream it now (preferably the Rifftrax version)!

A very basic and very underwhelming Film.  Thankfully, Rifftrax is there to inject a bit of fun into the whole thing.

Nothing is especially bad, save for a few people who clearly speak English as their 3rd Language trying to do dialog.

Nothing about the Film is especially good or interesting either.  This is the kind of Film that my friends and I would have rented from a Blockbuster or Hollywood Video back in the day and had fun riffing it ourselves.

On its own, it is D-Grade Action with a whisper thin Plot.  Cut it down to 15 minutes to make it an Action Reel to sell Investors or something.

The shorter guy who does flips and kicks is fun.  Give him a real Movie or let him be a Henchman in a Film with real Stars.
No offense, Fred- it's just not 1978 anymore.

I do kind of love how they made these silly Character Posters for everyone though.

A Film that is the loosest idea of a Plot to connect subpar Action Scenes.  Rifftrax does make it a fun watch though.