Next door to the movie set was a rock ‘n roll concert, and this guy strayed from yonder to hither.
The first five minutes of Solarbabies (1986) sets up an intriguing future in which water has become scarce, and society shattered, via a well done narrative sequence.
After that, it’s about how cool it is to travel on roller-skates in the desert and encounter an unexplained alien being, shaped like a crystal ball, which becomes the friend of all the good guys.
The actors give it the old college try, but this story is nowhere near college level. Avoid! Avoid!
