Battle Beyond the Stars

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Battle Beyond the Stars

PG

Released Aug 10, 1980

1h 44m

Sci-Fi

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Shad of Akir (Richard Thomas) recruits a space cowboy (George Peppard) and other warriors to defend his planet from a barbarian's army.

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Matt Brunson

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Cheesy fun with the usual quotient of Corman cheesecake.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 10, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...there's a degree of knowing wit in the dialogue that makes Battle Beyond the Stars a guilty pleasure...

Rated: 3/5

Sep 19, 2021

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R.L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

An enjoyably inventive low-budget B-movie filled with action and interesting characters.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 29, 2012

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

John Sayles manages to work some offbeat science-fiction ideas around the edges of an otherwise derivative plot...

Aug 3, 2011

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Happy to distract the viewer with chase sequences and extended invasion showdowns, also using Danning's sex bomb appeal to keep attention away from the budgetary limitations. Why pay for explosions when there's spandex?

Rated: B-

Jun 20, 2011

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 1, 2005

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Chuck M

I’m 40 minutes in and I don’t know how anybody made it through this ridiculous Star Wars knock off.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/24

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Chris O

One of the best B-movies of all time! Go in with low expectations and you won't be disappointed. If you liked Flash Gordon (1980), I think this has a similar over the top vibe.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Steve D

Ridiculous Star Wars knock off that will please no one.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/17/23

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David W

One of my movie guilty pleasures. Attempting to capture the Star Wars zeitgeist, Roger Corman does the Seven Samurai.. In space. It's cheesy, low budget, b-movie sci-fi at its best and is chock full of great characters, memorable scenes and campy acting (John Saxon especially has a whale of a time). There's a wonderful cast and whilst none of them will rate this as their best work, I absolutely adore this film. I've seen this lots of times over the years and always enjoy it, probably more than I really should. For some inexplicable reason this movie has stuck with me and has firmly become one of my favourite 80's sci-fi b-movies. There's even a great theme tune and score which is a real ear worm. Absolutely love this movie, as I previously said, probably a lot more than I really should as objectively it's cheesy, low budget and derivative....

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Chad C

After Star Wars, the creators of this film thought they could get away with bad costumes, bad dialog, bad backgrounds, bad plot, and bad effects. Some of the actors held their parts together reasonably well, but not most. Not funny, not endearing, I skipped through much of it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/09/23

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Michael L

Absolutely sophomoric... Terrible

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/23

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Synopsis

Shad of Akir (Richard Thomas) recruits a space cowboy (George Peppard) and other warriors to defend his planet from a barbarian's army.

Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Producer: Ed Carlin
Screenwriter: John Sayles
Distributor: New World Pictures
Production Co: New World Pictures, Orion Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 1980, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2018
Runtime: 1h 44m

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