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This swashbuckling space opera stars Peter Strauss as an intergalactic mercenary. Strauss learns of a reward being offered for the rescue of three women who have crashed on a primitive, desolate planet and sets off to rescue them, hooking up with a precocious orphan (Molly Ringwald) and a fellow bounty hunter (Ernie Hudson) along the way. The planet's vicious overlord who holds the women captive is a cyborg tyrant played by Canadian sci-fi veteran Michael Ironside. This breezy adventure isn't especially original but it is fast paced and funny, boasting great sets, costumes and special effects. Maybe not a classic, it is nonetheless underrated and benefits from a decent cast (including the voice of Harold Ramis as Strauss' computer) with Hudson, in particular, being very good. --D.K. Latta
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5.0 out of 5 stars
ENTER THE MAZE OF DEATH...IF YOU DARE !!,
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This review is from: Spacehunter (DVD)
The 1980's gave us plenty of Sci-Fi adventures with the likes of Flash Gordon, Krull, The Last Starfighter, Buckaroo Banzai and Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. "Spacehunter" ranks right up their with the others I've mentioned as being one of my favorites.The year is 2136 and Wolff (Peter Strauss) is a galactic bounty hunter on his way to Terra Eleven to rescue three Earth maidens from the evil clutches of someone or something called Overdog.The mechanical menace Overdog is the ruler of Terra Eleven and its grotesque assortment of plague infested mutants and monsters and he doesn't like outsiders entering his junkyard. Overdog (Michael Ironside) is a vicious and savage ruler who takes pleasure in killing people in his metal gauntlet of death. Early on Wolff attempts to rescue the maidens but he encounters Overdogs henchmen as they've already kidnapped the maidens and taken them to the forbidden zone for Overdogs pleasure. As Wolff sets out for the forbidden zone he meets a very sarcastic and annoying Earth waif named Niki (Molly Ringwald) who tells Wolff she's a tracker and can lead him to Overdog and his scrap heap of a kingdom. After some reluctance the two of them form a friendship and along the way we see Niki's character become less obnoxious and more tolerable. I really like Michael Ironside playing evil/bad characters and feel they could have done more if he wasn't covered in all that hardware. I also think that the underwater mutant women should have had a bigger role in the movie and the mutant blobs and children were bizarre looking. The picture and sound quality for this release is pretty decent but I feel it could have been much better. There is some evidence of deterioration and age related issues in the print and the picture is grainy at times. The disc is double sided and offers both full and widescreen versions. This movie was originally presented in 3-D format and I have no doubt Sci-fi adventure fans will still enjoy "Spacehunter" and its special effects even today. This Sci-Fi B-movie from 1983 filled with great special effects, costumes, vehicles and mutants is still 90 minutes of pure galactic fun and highly entertaining.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Spazz-hunter...,
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This review is from: Spacehunter (DVD)
Three years after "Facts of Life," but a year away from her triumphant role in "Sixteen Candles," Molly Ringwald finds herself the prisoner of some tricked-out bum named Overdog on a junk planet that looks like Fred Sanford's backyard. Peter Strauss, the poor man's Richard Chamberlain, plays the poor man's Han Solo (or Lone Starr, if you prefer) and tries to rescue her.Yes, "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" is low-budget fun directed by Lamont Johnson. According to the IMDb, Johnson once played Tarzan on radio. With this movie, he shows a keen radio performer's eye for cinema. Ripping off "Star Wars" and "Road Warrior" and featuring more rickety metal garbage than any four episodes of TLC's "Junkyard Wars," this flick has a spunky little heart but little else to offer. Ringwald would go on to become John Hughes' teen muse and the undisputed 80s teen comedy queen, usually playing upper middle class girls dating sexless, nonthreatening gimps like Andrew McCarthy. Here, she's a punky little spitfire who needs a bath and a shave. Come to think of it, she IS the spunky little heart of this movie. The rest of it can go to hell! But I kid "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone." It's a silly movie with a clumsy title, yet worth watching with friends some drunken evening. But please- try not to confuse "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" with "Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Synn." They both have colons in their titles, and promise things like "adventures," "destruction" and "Jared Synn." But only "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" has Molly Ringwald being tortured by Michael Ironside. Ask for it by name!
4.0 out of 5 stars
SPACEHUNTER-Pretty in Pink meets Mad Max meets Star Wars,
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This review is from: Spacehunter (DVD)
SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE is decent B-Movie fare that, on the surface,seems like the two leads were miscast. However,even though Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald play against type, somehow pull it off. The story has just enough camp, humor, and cheesy action that's not too over the top so the audience can escape long enough to enjoy this sci-fi adventure. Peter Strauss plays a space mercenary from earth (Wolff) out to rescue a group of earth women kidnapped to serve an evil ruler, Overdog (Micheal Ironside-STARSHIP TROOPERS) of a desert planet's "forbidden zone". Along the way, he picks up a orphan named Niki (Ringwald) and joins forces with one of his mercenary competitors Washington (Ernie Hudson - GHOSTBUSTERS). Most of the story deals with the trio trying to get to the forbidden zone and various narrow escapes and their run-ins with various life forms and weird mechanical vehicles and machinery. Overall, okay sci-fi entertainment that tries not to be space opra but is just pure campy escapism with two leads who seem to be out of their element.
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