This is one of the craziest movies around. It's either inspired movie-making or convoluted B-movie mess. Quite Frankly, it's a bit of both. Buckaroo Banzai is a rock star, brilliant scientist who invented the oscillation overthruster which allows him to travel into solid matter since most solid matter is simply empty space. The evil Red Lectroids from Planet 10 are after this device. Buckaroo can see the aliens and must stop them with his group The Hong Kong Cavaliers and various people and alien along the way.
John Lithgow is playing a weird alien the leader of the Johns. Ellen Barkin plays the damsel in distress. Peter Weller plays this seriously as Buckaroo. Jeff Goldblum is dressed as a cartoon cowboy. The whole thing is super crazy played with a straight serious face. I don't know to laugh at it or shake my head.
John Lithgow is playing a weird alien the leader of the Johns. Ellen Barkin plays the damsel in distress. Peter Weller plays this seriously as Buckaroo. Jeff Goldblum is dressed as a cartoon cowboy. The whole thing is super crazy played with a straight serious face. I don't know to laugh at it or shake my head.