Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI telekinesis effects that look charmingly janky now
Acting
Chevy at peak smug-meets-desperate, somehow both relatable and insufferable
Costume
The most aggressively 1981 outfits you'll see this decade
Director
Ken Shapiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chevy Chase broke his leg filming a stunt, causing production delays and visible limping in later scenes.
This bombed so hard it barely dented pop culture, yet perfectly captures Reagan-era 'white guy tantrum as comedy' cinema. The nuclear waste-as-empowerment metaphor accidentally hits different post-Chernobyl.
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