Star Wars meets Jason and the Argonauts meets Roger Moore 70's James Bond in a Roger Corman related b-movie bonanza!
And astonishingly derivative picture which shamelessly, and strangely effectively, borrows liberally from several sources.
'Starcrash' has a protagonist called 'Stella Star' which is already 1 star added to the rating, Christopher Plummer as a galactic emperor which is worth another, some 70's empowered woman themes whilst showing dozens of half dressed Amazon's that's another Star for covering all bases, and it marvellously mixes up multiple major films so that's a big fat 4 stars for me.
'Starcrash' is in the "so bad it's good" variety but when you blatantly steal so many ideas and mash them together with such disregard for rhyme or reason then eventually you get a film that's irresistibly sillified.
Imaginative on a tiny budget, with a young David Hasselhoff to boot, 'Starcrash' just about keeps itself in order with only the occasional period of dragging inadequacy to suffer through in an otherwise well cheesified romp.
4/10 for anybody able to take a 70's laugh
And astonishingly derivative picture which shamelessly, and strangely effectively, borrows liberally from several sources.
'Starcrash' has a protagonist called 'Stella Star' which is already 1 star added to the rating, Christopher Plummer as a galactic emperor which is worth another, some 70's empowered woman themes whilst showing dozens of half dressed Amazon's that's another Star for covering all bases, and it marvellously mixes up multiple major films so that's a big fat 4 stars for me.
'Starcrash' is in the "so bad it's good" variety but when you blatantly steal so many ideas and mash them together with such disregard for rhyme or reason then eventually you get a film that's irresistibly sillified.
Imaginative on a tiny budget, with a young David Hasselhoff to boot, 'Starcrash' just about keeps itself in order with only the occasional period of dragging inadequacy to suffer through in an otherwise well cheesified romp.
4/10 for anybody able to take a 70's laugh