Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Stars
PG
5.4
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1980

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104m

Battle Beyond the Stars

Summary

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

Director

Jimmy T. Murakami

Original Story

Akira Kurosawa

Original Story

Shinobu Hashimoto

Original Story

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay, Story

John Sayles

Story

Anne Dyer

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

June 7, 2023

6

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 megalomanic with a big laser cannon (John Saxon) who demands their harvest. "Shad" decides to try and rustle together some mercenaries to defend their home from this evil conqueror and so recruits a disparate band including George Peppard ("Cowboy") and a collection of inter-galactic misfits to help with their cause. Probably most notable for James Horner's score, this is an enjoyable enough sci-fi action adventure with plenty going on and not too much tedious philosophising; the special effects do their job fine, too.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$2,000,000.00

Revenue:

$11,000,000.00

Keywords

hitman
clone
space battle
mercenary
space
space western
robot
explosion
space opera
space adventure
spaceship
good versus evil