Brendan Fraser, star of the very successful comedy George Of The Jungle, returns to the big screen again with yet another romantic comedy, Blast From The Past. Here, he stars as yet another innocent and naïve character who emerges from a bomb shelter after 35 years into the hard and gritty real world. Hmmm, Fraser seems to have the role of man-out-of-time down pat. I mean, just compare his characters from Encino Man and George Of The Jungle. However, in the upcoming movie The Mummy, Fraser will have an Indiana Jones-like character, which might mean he's trying to be more versatile in his roles. (This is not a criticism, ok, only an observation.)

But I'm digressing, so let's move on to the present. Blast From The Past is a romantic comedy directed by Hugh Wilson (The First Wives Club) and written by Bill Kelly and Hugh Wilson. It stars Brendan Fraser (With Honors, Still Breathing), Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin, Excess Baggage), Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction, The Funeral), Sissy Spacek (JFK, If These Walls Could Talk) and Dave Foley (t.v series Newsradio).

Blast From The Past starts off in the year 1962, when a brilliant but paranoid scientist, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) and his pregnant wife, Helen (Sissy Spacek) ends up being trapped in their underground bomb shelter for 35 years (wheeew!) after mistaking a plane crash for a nuclear explosion. However, there is nothing to fear as Calvin has prepared for everything. Their bomb shelter comes equipped with a hydroponic garden, a fish farm, a self-contained ventilation system and even a mini-supermarket! So, Adam (Brendan Fraser) is born and his parents give him an all-round education that includes dancing and French. Meanwhile, the change in eras is cleverly and hilariously depicted by the gradual transformation of a cheerful soda shop built above their shelter into a dark, dank and disgusting punk hangout pub.

The locks finally opens after 35 years and Adam finally emerges into the real world, though not without a rib-tickling scouting expedition by Calvin first. Thus Adam discovers cars, Afro-Americans, personal computers, the sky and the ocean with great joy and wonder. This is where Eve (Alicia Silverstone) enters the picture. She's a cynical and streetwise girl who's into good-looking guys with shallow personalities. Somehow, Adam and Eve (sound familiar?) comes to an agreement, whereby Eve helps him to shop for supplies and find a wife. Only thing is, after some encouragement by Troy (Dave Foley), Eve's gay housemate and confidante, Eve finds herself being slowly attracted to Adam.

The casting in Blast From The Past is really something. For example, take Christopher Walken, who usually plays the macho-man character type. It's really refreshing and wonderful to see him in a wacky paranoid scientist role. And Sissy Spacek, who is used to playing dramatic roles, acts out her devoted housewife slowly sinking into dementia and alcoholism part with humor and inspiration. Walken and Spacek have really outdone themselves here and I, for one, am enjoying it! Brendan Fraser is really developing a screen presence with his wholesome good looks and goofy, yet sexually attractive aura. Alicia Silverstone--------well, is Alicia Silverstone. She's beautiful, cute, sexy, wholesome, the stuff of every boy's dream--------do you want me to go on? And Dave Foley, the final piece of a great cast, is superb in his role as the catalyst in Adam and Eve's romance.