Jeez, lighten up people....
This movie is underrated. It's a decent B movie, Saturday afternoon matinee-type, and enjoyable at that level.
Sure, it could've been better, and the script could've followed the novel more closely, and I could be a real blond, and the world could be at peace, blah, blah, blah.
And what's with picking on Eric Thal? He did a great job - some of his scenes looked like hard work. Much better than Donald Sutherland, the "veteran", whose facial expression hardly changed throughout the entire film.