This American/Italian space adventure is completely insane and for that reason alone it's a must watch and a cult classic on its own right. The plot is very simple and easy to follow, the typical space mission for the chosen heroes, who travel through galaxies far away to save the universe (Star Wars anyone?) The special effects are colorful and eye-popping, the sets designed by some wonderful nut with an eye for that crazy psychedelic art deco-cocaine-disco futuristic fashion. The actors are completely at a loss as to how to act/react to the film they are in and I totally liked that since they seemed to be having the time of their lives filming an unbelievable script and trying to be serious while resulting into a more campy like hero type.
Fight me? or shag me?
What else can one say about a film where the best performance is delivered by David Hasselhoff (yeah the guy from Knight Rider & Baywatch) Not even the usually mesmerizing Marjo Gortner can do anything with the logic-defying lines of dialog he has to deal with.
Stella Star and her robo-buddy "Elle"
I rarely venture down the road of "so bad its good" movies but STARCRASH is mind-boggling in its cheesiness. Characters can tell the future but won't let anyone in on what is going to happen because according to the Luke Skywalker lookalike "You would have attempted to change the future...which is against the law." But, wait! there are more legendary lines such as " I wouldn't be the Emerperor of the Universe if I didn't have a few talents. Now, Imperial Spaceship--halt the flow of time!" Yeah, I bet George Lucas felt his Star Wars saga would be totally screwed by this film hahaha.
Sweet!
Joe Spinell plays the bad guy dressed as if he was some kind of un-armored, un-masked Darth Vader with the looks of somo sort of old school Vampire which to make you believe he's pure evil lets go of such lines as "By sundown I will be the most powerful man in the universe!" Some sun right? I mean being on outer space could possibly lead to having like a thousand suns so...
Special Effects.
What made this space fantasy become a B-Movie instead of becoming a part of the major league of movies of its kind?
Well, don't get me wrong! it's an entertaining film, but as a typical low budget production we get to find out that there are stop-motion giant monsters, psychedelic blobs of red light that attack people for no reason,a robot who begins the film speaking normally and then about 15 minutes in starts talking in a southern accent, and later goes back to a robotronic voice, Christmas tree lights playing their part as stars, some weapon called The Doom Machine and a central non-performance from the lovely beauty but blank Caroline Munro, she of the stilted delivery and mis-matched eye-lines.
The Emperor's son, Skywalker wannabe and awesome Stella Star.
I would surrender immediately to such weapons.
Obi Wan never told you what happened....ooops! wrong movie!
Deep Space.
Spanish promotional poster.
So, if you are looking for a rousing sci fi adventure with narrative coherence, decent special effects,and good acting, watch Star Wars; but if you're in the mood for an interesting knock-off, watch STARCRASH. You certainly won't forget it soon specially for Caroline Munro incredibly hot tight body...
Last but not least as usual the great movie trailer for such a piece of art:
Blu-Ray edition comes with a DVD filled with special features.
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