fire summer  blockbuster. Unfortunately, the film was released during the summer  of 1989...against huge films like _Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)_ (qv),  _Batman (1989)_ (qv) and  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv). _UHF (1989)_ (qv)  was subsequently crushed at the box office.