Charlie McFadden has eliminated all the Crites on Earth, except for two eggs. Just as he is about to scramble them, Ug, the other bounty hunter, stops Charlie. Ug reminds Charlie that galactic law forbids the total extinction of any species. So Charlie and Ug are told to bring the eggs into quarantine. It just so happens that on the way Charlie gets trapped in a sleep chamber with the eggs and drifts into deep space for forty five years. This is where we meet a crew of galactic scavengers, who unfreeze Charlie and the eggs.

Critters did not save the best for last. Where to start, uhm, ok first there are only two Critters in this movie and they are babies. Second the Critters do not even appear until about 40 minutes into the movie. These are just two complaints. The space effects are horrible, the story is miserable and the plot is insane.

Now that being said, Critters 4 does have a stellar cast. Don Keith Opper and Terrance Mann are back as Ug and Charlie, these two have now been in all of the Critter films. We also get Andos Hore as Rick the captain of the scavengers. It took me along time to figure out who he was, then it hit, he is Radu from the Blood Species series. Sci-Fi and horror mainstay Brad "Chucky" Dourif is also in the film as, wait till you see this name, Al Bert. Not Albert, but Al Bert, yeah baby. There is also three other lame ass characters on the ship but they all sucked. The movie on the whole is bad, boring and pretty much has nothing to do with the other Critter movies, due to the fact of an almost complete lack of Critters.

Now for the one saving grace of this film. Angela Basset. I will admit I watched most of this flick on fast forward, but then I saw something that made me pause, then rewind. Then rewind again and again and finally again. For buried deep into Critters 4, is a small and unforgettable scene of the lovely and extremely fine Ms. Basset soaping herself in the shower, at first only in shadow, then an over the shoulder view with the slightest bit of breast visible, then finally as the light soapy foam drips down her back and to the shower floor, we get an incredible ass shot that last nearly 5 seconds. And that my horror friends is the main attraction of Critters 4, and now you know the RRRRest of the story.

(This review was done in a Paul Harvey version for the members of Horror Watch over 40)

2 out of 10

(1991) Rupert Harvey, Barry Opper

Don Keith Opper .... Charlie McFadden
Terrence Mann .... Counselor Tetra/Ug
Paul Whitthorne .... Ethan
Anders Hove .... Rick
Angela Bassett .... Fran
Brad Dourif .... Al Bert
Eric DaRe .... Bernie
Martine Beswick .... Angela (voice)
Anne Ramsay .... Dr. McCormick