Synopsis
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
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Cast
- Balthazar GettyRalph
- Chris FurrhJack Merridew
- Danuel PipolyPiggy
- James Badge DaleSimon
- Andrew TaftThe Twins
- Edward TaftThe Twins
- Gary RuleRoger
- Terry WellsAndy
- Braden MacDonaldLarry
- Angus BurginGreg
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
As a novel, Lord of the Flies never was much more than a Brat Pack Heart of Darkness. It’s doubtful a screen version could be any better than this one. - 63
Boston Globe
Like the earlier film version, this one often exchanges the dark poetry of Golding's writing for action and connect-the-dots social anthropology, but it's crisp, taut and involving nonetheless. [16 Mar 1990, p.39] - 63
Chicago Tribune
The tale, while oversimplified, is told with visual style, particularly in the use of the boys' dream sequences, having to do with rescue and the comfort of adult authority. [16 Mar 1990, p.F] - 50
The New York Times
As directed by Harry Hook, the new Lord of the Flies offers much spectacle for the eye and almost nothing to keep the mind from wandering. - 50
Time Out
The film, simplistically assuming the book's central metaphor to be imperialism - hence the military slant - retains the bare bones of Gollding's narrative, but that's all. There's little attempt to hint at the deeper issues. - 40
Variety
Director Harry Hook’s literal, unimaginative visual approach makes the tale seem mundane and tedious. - 40
Empire
As an outing to complement study of the book the film is worthy enough but curiously less than the sum of its parts. - 40
Los Angeles Times
This version not only doesn’t surpass or match Brook’s, it makes the material look bad.
