Innerspace [DVD] [1987]

Joe Dante's 1987 sci-fi comedy, Innerspace, is the story of a shrunken astronaut who gets injected into the backside of a hypochondriac assistant manager of Safeway.Now that synopsis may not sound promising, but trust me: it's a great film.Dennis Quaid is Tuck Pendleton (fantastic name), a gobby, arrogant, alcoholic astronaut. At the start of the film, he and his spacecraft are to be miniaturized by the US government, and injected into a rabbit.I'm not sure why; something to do with the Cold War, and Reds under the Bed, or something.Things don't go to plan for Tuck; shortly after he's been miniaturized and sucked up into a syringe, terrorists break into the science laboratory and steal the microchip needed to restore him to full size.The plan to shove him up a rabbit's hole has to be aborted.Lead scientist Ozzy manages to escape from the lab with the syringe, and runs to the nearby shopping mall, where before getting shot dead by a man with a robot arm he inject Tucks into the bottom of Jack Putter (Martin Short), the hypochondriac assistant manager of Safeway.The plot thereafter: Jack has to collect the missing microchip, and get Tuck back to the lab to be un-miniaturized within 48 hours or he will die.Oh, and he has to get Tuck back together with Lydia (played by Meg Ryan, back in the days before she looked like one of the cat people. She's certainly putting out Tuck's fires with gasoline in this film. No? It's a David Bowie reference; look it up).Full of laughs, energy, excitement, ridiculous Cold War era villains, that creepy looking guy off The 'Burbs, and great music, Innerspace is brilliant entertainment.A couple of quibbles:1) Why did they ask Rod Stewart to record a horrible 80s version of Twistin the Night Away? What was wrong with the original?2) The poster for the theatrical release was great, and was used as the cover art for the original VHS video. Quite why they replaced it with the ghastly nonsense defacing the DVD box is beyond me.

When I first saw this movie at Klingenberg cinema in Oslo, at the end of the 1960's I believe it was, I liked the general idea and the basic plot. It was a movie which left some tracks in a (then) young man's mind! Since then, I have not seen this movie offered for sale anyplace, before now. And then it was available on Blue-ray, which was great!Yes, I did enjoy the movie, this time together with my wife. Thank you!

This movie arrived ahead of schedule the other day, never seen this one before until now. Very 80s movie with a suspense about it, well worth watching!Thank you to those that shipped it out, it came way ahead of schedule!

Innerspace holds a special place in my heart. It's an inventive, well acted, funny, action-packed and well cast movie that's remarkably entertaining and beautifully made (the stunning visuals stand up now - hell, they're superior to most modern effects) and has a predictably great soundtrack from Jerry Goldsmith. Yes, there are plot holes, and yes, the science is absolutely nonsensical (miniaturisation is the most believable aspect...) but it is a very fun film.

I saw this movie about 30 years ago, and lover it. I bought the Blu-Ray and loved it still. Great special-effects, and, of course, acting (Martin Short is evev better than I remembered). A great Joe Dante film with wonderful pacing. Hasn't aged for me since I first saw it!

Delivered on time 👍, Blu-ray of Innerspace Classic 80's Adventure shrunk and traveling around the human body , fun 😀

It's a remaking of the Fantastic Voyage for the modern day, which in and of itself would not be rivetting, but this film goes one step beyond the original by crossing the Genre's and making this an Action-Comedy. As with many stories of the 80's, this charts the story of two men bound together by fate (and the fact that one of them is inside the other), and how they are both changed by each other. Both exhilarating and emotional without descending into pastiche, it's a film that is just as good now as when it came out.

Arrived in great shape, absolutely delighted to have this movie in my DVD collection!