4/10
A film to laugh at rather than with
2 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
THE INCREDIBLE GENIE is a cheesy-as-heck kid's film from the late '90s, made by Full Moon Entertainment and shot in Romania like so many others. Watching it today, it's something of a laugh riot and not for the right reasons; the kind of film you laugh at rather than with. The story is about a put-upon schoolkid who finds himself associated with a goofy genie whose wish-granting abilities usually go wrong.

The story is generally a mix of cringe-worthy humour scenes as the protagonist endures another pratfall at the hands of the magical being. The production is awash with incredibly cheesy and dated CGI effects of stretching necks and the like which look really, really bad and are a real laugh. The acting is wooden and attempts at drama with the intervention of some sinister government-agent type characters is a laugh too. It's the usual kind of production from Full Moon, then. I'd recommend sticking with WISHMASTER.
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