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Battle Beyond the Stars

Movie
1980
1h 44m
PG
English
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
User Score: 
5.3
Critic Score: 
52
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A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Battle Beyond the Stars Poster

Battle Beyond the Stars

PG
Movie
1980
1h 44m
English
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Rating
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5.3
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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
52

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Directed By: Jimmy T. Murakami
Written By: John Sayles (Screenplay), Anne Dyer (Story)

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2Ls1T says...
4 years ago
This is kind of one of those films that is difficult to rate since it's kinda garbage but it's also enjoyable garbage. The pace of the film means that its laughable qualities are difficult to dwell on - it's easier to get lost in the fact it's a campy nonsense romp. It helps that it also has quite a few genuinely (and unintentionally) funny moments. Obviously, with it being made in 1980, the special effects are quite dated but are generally serviceable, in my opinion. The weakest parts are the visually repetitive space battles, if you can call them that. The plot is very simple but the visual gloss of the costumes and makeup help distract from that. I feel my score of 6/"fair" doesn't quite do it justice, since I did actually enjoy it a fair bit, but objectively even a 6/10 is probably a little generous! :laughing:
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CaptainExotic says...
5 years ago
I want to like this movie. I like 80s scifi trash. But this movie was boring. The costumes and the set was great. But the story was boring.
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kirenosslrak says...
9 years ago
Hillaaaarious
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JohnsonAlexander150 says...
2 years ago
This was perfect fine. This obvious rip on the success of Star Wars was not offensive, lower budget of course and it shows. Overall it was fine. Not life changing, but I understand why it’s a cult classic.
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CinemaSerf
8 months ago
This looks every inch the low budget affair it actually was - but it almost comes off as a fairly engaging sci-fi rip off of the "Magnificent Seven" - complete, even, with Robert Vaughn! "John-Boy" himself, Richard Thomas ("Shad") lives on one of those simple, peaceful, planets threatened by a megal More
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