hoo boy and this be a real trial to get through . the dvd case have tom hank mug plaster on it and that be the only reason that anybody would buy it . he look about forty on the box and however and the movie be make in 1982 and so he still have his bosom buddy wouldo and of course be about forty pound lighter . the plot concern a dungeon and dragon like game that hank and his three friend play and hank end up think the whole thing be real . chris makepeace be a boy genius name jay jay and the best thing about the movie be that he wear a succession of funny hat . ooh and look and he have a yellow hardhat on with a tuxedo . now he dress like a wwi pilot . this be a truly awful movie but in a bad way . a bunch of vet pop up mostly a parent of the kid . there anne ( i be honey west and dammit . ) francis and louise sorel and who actually look kind of hot . murray hamilton and the mayor from jaw and have a thankless roll a a cop . wendy crewson and be the love interest for hank and some blonde guy i have never see before or since . there be some syrupy music here and there and absolutely no tension or sense of danger or excitement . there be a monster that only hanks can see because he and you know and nut . the monster be play by the late and great kevin peter hall and he of predator fame . a friend of mine get this out of the ol discount bin at mallwart and advise me to chuck it in the trash without even look at it and so naturally i have to see if it be as bad a all that . it be . the night before and i watch apollo 13 and so after that and this movie be a bit of a shock . do yourself a favor and leave it in the bin . oh yeah and after hank almost jump from one of the world trade center tower because of his delusion and he go home to recuperate and be visit by his friend . hank mother and a drunken vera mile and say he be come along nicely now but when they walk down to the lake to visit him in his tennis outfit and he be crazy than ever . the end .