After having just watched a 1973 TV movie and a 1987 TV movie with the bionic characters, I had the opportunity to watch the 1989 TV movie with the long title "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman". In fact, I never even heard about this movie before now in 2022, as I sat down to watch it.
I have to admit that I wasn't harboring much of any high expectations for this movie from writers Michael Sloan, Brock Choy and Robert De Laurentiis, as the previous two movies had been mediocre entertainment as best. But I figured that since this 1989 TV movie had Sandra Bullock on the cast list, then I might as well give it a chance.
The storyline in "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" was every bit as straight forward and generic as it had been in the previous 1973 TV movie and the 1987 TV movie, so I wasn't in for anything great here. Sure, it was watchable for what it was, but it was by no means a gem in cinematic history.
The acting in the movie was adequate from the likes of Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Yagher and more.
Visually then "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" didn't really impress much. The special effects were sparse, so nothing to write home about there.
My rating of director Alan J. Levi's 1989 TV movie "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.
I have to admit that I wasn't harboring much of any high expectations for this movie from writers Michael Sloan, Brock Choy and Robert De Laurentiis, as the previous two movies had been mediocre entertainment as best. But I figured that since this 1989 TV movie had Sandra Bullock on the cast list, then I might as well give it a chance.
The storyline in "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" was every bit as straight forward and generic as it had been in the previous 1973 TV movie and the 1987 TV movie, so I wasn't in for anything great here. Sure, it was watchable for what it was, but it was by no means a gem in cinematic history.
The acting in the movie was adequate from the likes of Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Yagher and more.
Visually then "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" didn't really impress much. The special effects were sparse, so nothing to write home about there.
My rating of director Alan J. Levi's 1989 TV movie "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.