Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a young man with unique abilities. His abilities are mostly used for shady purposes, but now the government is interested in utilising his skills in an exciting experiment where Alex can enter other people’s dream worlds. However, it turns out that people can actually die in their dreams, and if they die there, they die in real life too.
The first of many dream-related horror and sci-fi films throughout the eighties. With many similarities to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which was released the same year as this one.
The film features a solid cast, including film veterans like Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer, alongside lesser-known faces from the 80s like Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, and George Wendt, who all do acceptable jobs. However, I’m not as pleased with all the effects, which can certainly be called outdated and at times laughable. The film does have a fairly entertaining story, but be aware that some parts of the film can be rather sleep-inducing. It’s a decent movie worth watching. But if you’re looking to see Steven Spielberg’s wife, Kate Capshaw, topless, you might want to avoid the American version of the film, as those scenes were actually cut out.
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