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Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)
Shame on you, Matthew Frewer!
This is certainly the worst thing I have ever seen Matt Frewer in, and I am honestly surprised that he accepted the part. The plot is hackneyed and holds no real surprises for veteran sci-fi fans, and the film's main premise is just... stupid. Worst of all, it's not Ed Wood bad... not even bad enough to be fun to sit at home with beer and popcorn and laugh at. Pass it by.
Doppelgänger (1969)
Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's best work
Undoubtedly the best movie Sylvia and Gerry Anderson ever made. While falling short of Stanley Kubrick's contemporaneous "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" has a strong, enigmatic plot and is plausible (apart from the novelty of its main premise) on both the human and technical levels.
I think that this movie succeeds most on the philosophical level, and it may be the only time that the Andersons have managed this in one of their movie-length productions (although there were certainly occasional glimpses of emotional and philosophical depth in their "UFO" and "Space:1999" serials).
I am glad that this movie was re-released on DVD as it will give me a chance to enjoy it all over again (for the first time in nearly 20 years).