What it’s About: A duck named Howard lives on a planet where everyone is a duck, but soon he is sucked through a portal to our world! Howard tries to adjust to living in a world populated by humans - but it’s not long before a dark overlord comes to earth the same way Howard did. Now it’s up to him and his new found friends to save the whole entire world.

The Verdict: So first off I’d like to say I think it’s weird how he was the only one sucked through this portal. He goes through the path of other ducks as he is being sucked out of his building - yet none of them are affected by it at all, weird. Pretty much when he first gets to earth (and for the film’s first half) it’s all about a fish out of water type concept (or duck out of pond if you were wanting a pun there). Everyone seems to think he is a kid in a duck suit (which in reality is true - no fancy Who Framed Roger Rabbit type stuff here, just a small person in a suit), and Howard blurts out well known lines with a word replaced by either duck or quack for comic effect. In the second half we are treated to an action type plot involving a giant laser, Howard trying to leave earth, and a dark overlord. What I thought was funny is when Howard was first about to attempt to leave earth, him and Beverly (the human he knows most) got rather emotional about leaving one another - seriously dude you’ve been on earth two days at most, and half that time you’ve been away from her in a mini fight, and now you’re getting emotional about leaving! Suck it up loser duck.

There’s heaps of fun to be had with this film. The second half is definitely stronger than the first with its action type plot. It’s just a whole lot of classic 80s craptastic fun.

(4 Craptastic Stars)