In the Near Future®, the Earth's surface has been reduced to a radioactive wasteland by a belligerent alien race called the Ma'hars. What was left of the human race took to the stars, where the Ma'Hars hunt them in the hope of wiping out humanity and putting an end to this long war. But those plucky humans aren't going down without a fight!Led by one Sgt. Sharp—a self-proclaimed "bad mother****er but a fair one"--a company of Galactic Marines is sent on a recon mission to a planet that looks like the bad part of a U.S. city. They end up fighting zombies, vampires, werewolves, weaponized insects, a three- headed dinosaur, cyborg assassins, and a well-armed gang of dune- buggy riders. None of it makes a damned bit of sense until you assume that you're watching a video game. The set pieces, visual effects, and picture quality all suggest one from the Clinton era.RECON 2020 is a badly written, acted, and produced amalgam of sci- fi, horror, and action clichés. It rips off everything from "Star Wars" to "Mad Max" to "Terminator" to "The X Files" to "Starship Troopers." Perhaps the filmmakers intended it as homage, but it feels more like plagiarism. A cyborg even says, "I'll be back." There is absolutely nothing to recommend this dreck, even to die- hard fans of bad cinema. Item: One of the Marines wears a custom-made visor that blocks his side and rear vision. Not the smartest thing to wear in combat!Item: The company's pilot is a college-aged blonde that I've nicknamed Galactic Marine Barbie. This chick is a battle-scarred pilot like I'm a Hair Club for Men "after" model. (You see, I'm bald on top.)And now, some dialogue samples:MARINE #1: "Sarge is a cool customer." MARINE #2: "Yes. He's kept us alive many times."MARINE #3: "Why in God's name would anybody mess with sh*t that does this sh*t?"ENEMY MERCENARY: "I want 'em all at my feet! Then we'll rip their hearts open and let the sun shine in."MARINE #4: "I've been in some badass bush before, but this one takes the lemon tart."

The first thing one must do while viewing this is to get past the incredibly hokey looking costumes the space soldiers wear...wtf?? Otherwise, its a pretty decent action sci fi movie complete with zombies, evil cyborgs, androids, werewolves, dinosaurs and all manner of weirdness. There isn't much plot. The space marines are sent to check out this place and they spend the rest of the flick shooting everything that moves and trying to get out. The dialogue is mostly MF this MF that...etc. Still, it manages to entertain if you have a fondness for low budget, weird sci fi. The leading lady is VERY darn cute. Why she was left to fend for herself after being wounded is a serious plot hole, especially considering the top dog was in love with her obviously. OK, this is mildly entertaining action packed madness that could have used one familiar face in the cast.

Every time I go to Blockbuster I make sure to come back with a low-budget movie I've never heard of, with the specific purpose of trying to find hidden gems and in my ever ongoing search for the worst movie of all time (so far no film has bested Manos: The Hands of Fate in that search). Power Corps, or Recon 2020 as the version I rented is called, is a low-budget sci-fi film shot in what appears to be an abandoned factory complex. The plot is a rudimentary sci-fi one, a group of marines is sent to investigate some problems supposedly caused by a hostile alien race. Lines are stolen from various sci-fi films, most notably ALIENS, a film which is borrowed from ad infinitum in the sci-fi world. The dialogue is terribly written and not very well delivered and the action is poorly choreographed. You'd think that low budget film-makers could at least try to deliver a mindless action film sans any real plot, and that they would have learned to avoid the disgustingly cheap CGI and go for the practical effects.The film isn't totally unbearable if you like this sort of cheesy, low-budget, rip off of every sci-fi film ever made, movie, and it couldn't hurt to have a sense of humor either.The worst part of the movie is that its supposed to take place in the future, but the abandoned factory that they shoot most of the scenes in has graffiti all over it and bares about as much resemblance to a high tech colony/facility as a mud hut looks like a skyscraper...Bad, but not enough to make me sick/suicidal, Manos still reigns as the worst film ever made...

I have to agree with the previous poster. I love sci-fantasy stuff and the plot from the back of the box sounded intriguing enough to check out. Of course, I also tend to look for the "parental advisory" on these sorts of flicks b/c I like my T&A but, other than the opening scene, which was apparently thrown in just to be able to claim "nudity" on the ratings box, there wasn't much here. I watched for 30 minutes before just fast forwarding to at least see if there was any more nude scenes. Alas, they couldn't even get that right. The makeup is horrible and the acting is worse if that's possible. Even the casting was horrible. the pilot is some bimbo who is completely unbelievable as a military officer. At least we get a passing glance at her chest in a bra but that's still not nearly enough to warrant watching this trash.