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Premise: A kid from a trailer park can save the galaxy.
Stars: Lance Guest * Catherine Mary Stewart * Robert Preston * Dan O'Herlihy
Review: One of the best science fiction films from the 80s. Introducing computer graphics on a larger scale than seen previously, all space effects were done on computer. While they seem dated now, they were ahead of their time and are still fun to watch.
Obviously inspired by Star Wars, the film follows a young kid who ends up doing what he's dreamed of - leaving behind the life in the trailer park. He is recruited by an interstellar defense force that is attempting to defeat a galactic-level threat in the Kodan Armada. When he initially rebuffs the group, he returns home, only to discover that the bad guys have followed him - and have killed the rest of the defense force. He's alone, with an alien co-pilot, and has to take on the entirety of the Armada by himself.
Robert Preston - of the Music Man - is delightful as the recruiter Centauri. O'Herlihy - the Old Man from the Robocop series - is equally delightful as Grig, the alien co-pilot. As for the humans, Lance Guest & Catherine Mary Stewart are satisfactory as the young hero & his girlfriend.
As a kid, I loved the movie and watching it recently I remembered those days. As I noted earlier, the effects seem dated today and the Rylos base interiors reek of early set stages, but the movie still grabs today.
Overall: Good
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