Spacehunter Adventures in The Forbidden Zone
1983 | Color | 1 Hr 30 Min | SciFi | PG | Columbia Pictures
Lamont Johnson
Writers:
Writers:
Stewart Harding
Jean LaFleur
Stars:
Stars:
Peter Strauss
Molly Ringwald
Ernie Hudson
Michael Ironside
What happens when your living in the early 80's and you toss Star Wars, Mad Max, and Tron into a blender? You get this wonderful little gem from my early childhood. Far from original and going as far as ripping off R2-D2 sound effects the story starts off as a joke when our hero the Spacehunter is scanning his messages and owes money to everybody including his ex-wife. When he hears of the missing three women and the huge bounty for saving them. Thankfully Lamont Johnson brings us back to normal rather quickly as we land on the planet.
Wolff spots Niki in the maze and tries to rescue her, but she uses her prowess to reach the end where Overdog congratulates her and drags her back to his lair. The energy, in turn, recharges Overdog. Wolff comes to the rescue Niki and takes on the Overdog. Once the fortress explodes around them, Wolff and Niki run for cover and are rescued by the timely arrival of Washington with three women. They all race out of the fortress in the nick of time as it explodes behind them.
This movie has it all a great cast, fantastic score and visuals to go along with a fun story that never stops and gives you something new every turn you take. It's been 35 years since I have seen this movie in the theatres and that is a shame. Spacehunters deserves more attention as an 80's space classic. Sure Molly Ringwald drives me nut's in this flick and is most likely the reason I have skipped it all these years but shame on me!
If your into Cheesy no-brainer movies that do their job of entertaining you, then look into Spacehunters Adventures In The Forbidden Zone. For me, it is pretty easy scoring this one at...
4 Bloody Brains out of Five!! |
This Review was part of Moon In Gemini blogathon be sure to stop by and check out the other bloggers as well. Also as a bonus feature I wrote for the blogathon Galaxy of the Dinosaurs
I not only saw this a few times when it came out, I was fortunate enough to attend the Creation Convention were the FX team brought three or four of the vehicles (Strauss' truck, two of the cage ball bikes and I think one other car) and a bunch of props to display. I recall them being surprised so many people were thrilled about the film. I didn't know there was a DVD version with Krull as a double feature until I popped into a pawn shop to peruse some cheap DVD and there it was. I don't mind Molly's voice much, but yeah, that space Valley Girl thing wore thin fast.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by the cave! Man I would have loved seeing the vehicles too!! I found my copy on a Mill's Creek set with 11 movies I was glad this and Krull are not bad quality.
DeleteHow is it possible I've never seen this film? A mash up of Star Wars, Mad Max, and Tron elements! I need to seek it out as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your two contributions to the blogathon!
Thanks for having me!
DeleteWho was the builder of the Scrambler i watched this movie a quarter way into it when I was young and I never could find it again until today 37yrs later I wanted to see this movie so bad back then but didn't know the name then this new firestick I got and bam right there in the 80s section but I'd love to know who built that truck
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