John Hughes's third directorial effort, Weird Science, follows in
the tradition of his previous teen-centered films, Sixteen Candles and
The Breakfast Club. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith play
the wannabe hipster Gary and his nebbish weak-willed best friend, Wyatt,
a pair of high-school geeks who are hapless with members of the
opposite sex. Using Wyatt's computer, they create what they believe is
the ideal woman. A lightning storm brings that woman to life, and she
takes the form of Kelly Le Brock. Lisa sets about building their
self-confidence, but trouble begins brewing when Wyatt's cruel,
military-minded older brother, Chet (Bill Paxton), begins to realize
that something is not as it should be.