The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ray Austin

Writers:

Martin Caidin (novel)
Bruce Lansbury (story)

Release Date:

17 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group...

Plot Keywords:

Bionics | Suppressed Memory | Airplane Accident | Superhuman | Sequel

Cast

Lindsay Wagner	...	Jaime Sommers
Lee Majors	...	Col. Steve Austin
Tom Schanley	...	Michael Austin
Richard Anderson	...	Oscar Goldman
Martin E. Brooks	...	Dr. Rudy Wells
Lee Majors II	...	Jim Castillian
Martin Landau	...	Lyle Stenning
Gary Lockwood	...	John Praiser
Will Bledsoe
Gary Blumsack	...	Jerry Dreyfuss
William Campbell	...	General
Robert F. Hoy
Terry Kiser
Cheryl McMannis	...	Carol
Patrick Pankhurst

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Michael Sloan Productions

Trivia:

At the end of the movie the character Jim Castillian makes a speach to Steve Austin about wishing he had a father just like him. This is actually an inside joke as Jim Castillian is played by Lee Majors II, Lee Majors' real life son.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Steve jumps off of the building to save Jaime, he turns in mid-air to land on his side or back. When he lands on the car he is face down on all fours.

Quotes:

Hired Hand: [looking at Jaime] She's a lot prettier than Austin, and easier to grab.

Movie Connections:

References "The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Soundtrack:

Automatic

He should have stayed away...

This film should never have been made. That being said, I did think it was funny - only because of the poor acting, bad plot, and that fact that it was a Six Million Dollar Man remake.

The basic plot is that Steve Austin (Mr. Six Million himself)is asked to return to service by old boss Oscar Goldman. Austin refuses, even after they trot the Six Million Dollar Woman back onto the scene. She was supposed to marry Austin as one time, but got amnesia and only now remembers what they once meant to each other (gag). Anyway, it turns out Austin had a son he never knew about. The son gets hurt in an accident (of course - apparently everyone connected with Austin gets in a life-threatening accident) and Astin agrees to go back to work for Goldman if he will save his son by giving him some bionics.

This film should never have been made. That being said, I did think it was funny - only because of the poor acting, bad plot, and that fact that it was a Six Million Dollar Man remake.

This TV movie was made extremely cheaply. It shows in almost every shot. They still wear bad clothing and Jamie (Six Mil. Dollar Woman) has a really bad hairdo going on. The acting is incredibly bad all around. The only one who hasn't appeared to age 20 years is old man Goldman, who was old to start with.

Unless you REALLY like the Six Million Dollar Man, or just enjoy laughing at TV's attempts to rehash old shows over and over again, avoid this one. If you're in the mood for a laugh - this has 'em, but you probably won't last the whole movie.