Ruuz
I don't mind that it's a nothing-budget ripoff of Star Wars, but I am phased by it being so boring.
Final rating:½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
Starcrash
- Fantasy
- Science Fiction
12/21/1978
94
PG
A galactic adventure beyond your wildest dreams!
A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.
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Cast
Marjoe GortnerAkton
Caroline MunroStella Star- Christopher PlummerThe Emperor
- David HasselhoffSimon
- Robert TessierThor
- Joe SpinellCount Zartharn
- Nadia CassiniCorelia, Queen of the Amazons
- Judd HamiltonElle / Jiakta
- Dirce FunariAmazon Woman
- Cindy LeadbetterAmazon Woman
- Salvatore BaccaroNeanderthal Man
- Omero CapannaSpaceship Guard
- Donald HodsonPrisoner
- Hamilton CampElle (voice)
- Caterina ZinnermanAmazon girl (uncredited)
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Wuchak
Cheesy, but colorful space fantasy with Caroline Munro, et al.
A smuggler and her extraterrestrial cohort (Caroline and Marjoe Gortner) are enlisted by an eminent space Emperor (Christopher Plummer) to find a lost individual (David Hasselhoff) and extinguish the secret weapon of his diabolical nemesis (Joe Spinell).
"Starcrash" (1978) is an Italian production with American actors, obviously inspired by the success of Star Wars from the previous year, but also influenced by past flicks like Forbidden Planet, Planet of the Vampires and Barbarella, as well as Jason and the Argonauts. Its similar to the movie & series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which came out the next year, and is the precursor to the Guardians of the Galaxy m...