HUNK is another low-rent piece of junk from Crown International Pictures, an uneasy comedy that offers a '80s style twist on the old Faust legend. It involves a geeky youth who doesn't have much luck with the ladies, so he turns to the Devil who transforms him into an irresistible hunk.The usual morality story plays out and even from the opening scene you can guess where this is going to end up by the climax. Up until that time we have a tale of '80s greed and excess, where physical perfection is everything and nobody seems to work or be in education. The camera lingers upon perfect flesh and a few unfunny jokes are thrown into the mix, but for the most part this is badly acted and poorly shot.James CoCo is nobody's idea of the Devil and his hammy acting really drags down his scenes. Watch it, if you must, for the sunny California beach locations; watch it for the brief Brad Pitt cameo. But don't go in expecting anything even halfway approaching a decent movie. Instead this feels like one of those lame-o NEW TWILIGHT ZONE episodes from the '80s, a one note idea padded out to feature length.

This film suffered an early fate echoed in bigger-budget movies made today - that of having a very good idea choked by a mediocre script, bad casting an wretched plot design. Suffice it to say that this film fared better in our childhood memories than it did as a re-run today. One of the travesties in this film was the lack of commitment to the flow of the story demonstrated by the makers of this film. Everything falls short because of this, making the viewer not really care what happens. What we found most offensive were the pathetic special effects. Even B-grade budgets can do better. We recommend bypassing this should you ever actually come across it.

James Coco provides a tour de force as a very camp Dr. D. I can't help feeling that he was a greatly underrated actor. The world is a poorer place without him. I also enjoyed his performance in A New Leaf. The plot was, of course, far fetched, but what do you expect with Faust revisited. The movie is available on video, but i doubt if it is on DVD, and shows James Coco on the cover complete with pitchfork, pointed tail and horns, shoving "Bradley Brinkman" as it were through the looking glass, so the plot line is clear from the outset. It is of course, a redemption movie: it's all froth, but enjoyable froth which I enjoyed more on the second viewing since by then I had chance to watch the effects as well as the bikini-clad girls. Buy it!

Horrible movie. They must have been cranking out films like this every week during the mid to late 80's. A nerd makes a deal with the Devil so he could look all macho and studly. LAME. Nothing in this movie resembles the slightest notion of entertainment. I'm glad this movie has died and went to the great videotape graveyard. Gone and happily forgotten. Life is too short to waste on tripe like this. Rubbish. F.