SCI FI Channel's Tin Man: If It Only Had A Heart
....Tin Man, SCI FI Channel's re-imagining of the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" that airs for three consecutive nights starting Dec. 2, is a visual feast. A few of the special effects are a tad cheesy but generally the production values - the sets and backdrops in particular - are gorgeous.
The cast is top notch. Richard Dreyfuss puts in a decent albeit limited appearance. Alan Cumming as Glitch, a scientist missing half his brain, makes the best of his lines. Hands down, the most appealing - shining through his prosthetic make-up to tug at the heart strings - is the Apache/Ute actor Raoul Trujillo as Raw, the wolverine (or Lion).....
However, the overlay of glittery production values cannot disguise Tin Man’s core problem: lame dialog and plot devices lifted straight from the Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Cliches.
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