Dreamscape (1984)

Director: Joseph Ruben

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Eddie Albert, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw

A young psychic on the run from himself is recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the U.S. president.

Interesting premise, but very weirdly done. A lot of time is spent showing off Dennnis Quaid’s great body. Apart from that, the film is slow moving and just plain weird at times and not very convincing either. The effects are not that great, but then again, it is supposed to be a dream world, so anything goes.  The plot to kill the President and the means of executing this plan is brilliant, but there are just too many ingredients in this recipe to make it work.