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Hunk
A "devilish" tale about an ordinary guy who is visited by a beautiful apparition promising him popularity and drop-dead good looks in exchange for his soul. Transformed overnight into a "hunk," he soon discovers there may be hell to pay for his new lifestyle!
Release : | 1987 |
Rating : | 4.6 |
Studio : | Crown International Pictures, Marimark Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Set Decoration, |
Cast : | John Allen Nelson Steve Levitt Rebeccah Bush Robert Morse Avery Schreiber |
Genre : | Fantasy Comedy |
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Very Cool!!!
That was an excellent one.
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
HUNK is another low-rent piece of junk from Crown International Pictures, an uneasy comedy that offers a '80s style twist on the old Faust legend. It involves a geeky youth who doesn't have much luck with the ladies, so he turns to the Devil who transforms him into an irresistible hunk.The usual morality story plays out and even from the opening scene you can guess where this is going to end up by the climax. Up until that time we have a tale of '80s greed and excess, where physical perfection is everything and nobody seems to work or be in education. The camera lingers upon perfect flesh and a few unfunny jokes are thrown into the mix, but for the most part this is badly acted and poorly shot.James CoCo is nobody's idea of the Devil and his hammy acting really drags down his scenes. Watch it, if you must, for the sunny California beach locations; watch it for the brief Brad Pitt cameo. But don't go in expecting anything even halfway approaching a decent movie. Instead this feels like one of those lame-o NEW TWILIGHT ZONE episodes from the '80s, a one note idea padded out to feature length.
"Bradley Brinkman" (Steve Levitt) is a computer programmer who daydreams about being somebody other than the nerd he essentially is. Suddenly, a demon by the name of "O'Brien" (Deborah Shelton) appears and makes a deal with him to change everything. He then agrees to a temporary arraignment to sell his soul with a stipulation that if he doesn't like the agreement he can revert to his former self. The next morning he awakens as a brand new person named "Hunk Golden" (John Allen Nelson) who all the women simply adore. Anyway, as I recall the first time I saw this movie was back in the early 90's one evening while watching "USA-Up All Night" hosted by Rhonda Shear. That said, about the only thing I recalled was how great Deborah Shelton looked playing the part of "O'Brien". Now, having just seen it again for the first time in over 20 years, I have to concur with my earlier assessment because she definitely adds some nice scenery to this movie. Unfortunately, she was about the only good thing this film had to offer as the rest of it was long, dull and terribly predictable. Not only that but while it is billed as a comedy there really wasn't much humor to it. In summation, if you're totally bored or you happen to be a fan of Deborah Shelton then this film might be worth a look. Otherwise you would probably do best to pass on it. Below average.
I recall seeing the 'Hunk' poster at the theater back in the 80's, and figured it was another run of the mill TnA flick. A few years after the theatrical release, I caught it on USA "Up All Night", and lo and behold - it was just as I thought. To this day, I still cannot believe there was ever a character, albeit fictional, named "Hunk Golden"! Seriously. Hunk. Golden.Anyhow, about a year after my private "Up All Night" screening, I happened on this flick again upon returning home from a night of carryin' on. It was 2 am, and my little brother was sitting in the dark with a case of the split sides, while a barrage of Spanish dialogue spewed out of the tube. That's right - it was "Hunk" - en Espanol! The movie took on a new life in Spanish! To this day, I still chuckle at the thought of a crowd of adoring onlookers shouting, "HOUNK PARA PRESIDENTE!"
A friend new the director, so I went to the premiere, which was in a prestigious Westwood (L.A.) theatre. We all found it very entertaining.The story was this: Lawrence Bassoff went to USC film school, where he made a hilarious twenty-minute comedy about an outer space themed Bar Mitzva. http://www.film-making.com/breaking.htmlFrom that, he succeeded in getting a low-budget movie deal from Crown International Pictures for his first commercial film, Weekend Pass, which was moderately successful. Then Crown said they wanted to fund him to make another low-budget film, and they wanted it to be called 'Hunk'. No treatment, no script, no plot ideas. Just make a comedy about a hunk, and do what you want.A lifelong movie poster collector, he never made another film but has written three books on movie posters.