The Humanoid

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Ola G Sometime in the distant future, the planet Metropolis (once known as Earth) is a peaceful utopia led by a leader called The Great Brother. His world is threatened by his brother Graal who has escaped from a prison satellite, stolen a warship and enlisted the help of a mad scientist named Dr. Kraspin. Kraspin has a plan to make an army of unstoppable supersoldiers he calls "Humanoids," but to mutate them he requires the powerful element Kapitron that is being kept at the Grovan Institute on Metropolis. Graal sends down a squad of soldiers to break into the institute and steal the Kapitron. They are also ordered to kill a woman named Barbara Gibson, a scientist who once worked with Kraspin but who realized the horrendous potential of the element and had Kraspin committed to a mental facility. Kraspin had escaped the facility two years earlier and seeks revenge against her. Barbara leaves before the slaughter when she is summoned home by her mysterious pupil, a boy named Tom Tom who exhibits powers of mental suggestion. Tom Tom also communes periodically with two mysterious beings who he claims are foreign travelers. After the raid, Graal returns to his hidden base on the planet Noxon where he is joined by Lady Agatha, the world's tyrannical queen, who hopes to share the rule of the galaxy as Graal's wife once he conquers Metropolis. Kraspin is also hiding there, given asylum in exchange for keeping Agatha young and beautiful with daily injections of a youth serum he creates by sapping the life essence of female slaves... You can't get more sci-fi B-movie than this and with an Italian twist. It contains of laughable clichés, poor special effects, a repetitive soundtrack by the great Ennio Morricone!?, truly strange performances by Richard Kiel and Barbara Bach, many poor attempts of ripping off "Star Wars" in all sorts of ways and a wishy washy storyline that makes no real sense. I think the only thing I really got out of this was the appearance of the lovely Corinne Cléry as Barbara. Trivia: The film carries several similarities with Star Wars. A similar opening text crawl detailing current events in the film, the main villain wears a costume similar to that of Darth Vader and he commands a triangle-shaped spaceship resembling a Star Destroyer. Many of the sets, costumes and vehicles also appear similar in design and the director, Aldo Lado, goes by the alias "George B. Lewis" in reference to George Lucas. (Via Wikipedia) Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review delysid d Unspeakably WEIRD movie Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/18 Full Review Audience Member This movie is like a poor man's version of Star Wars except the plotline is illogical, nothing is really explained, and I have no idea why everybody was so interested in Barbara. Completely illogical. But on apositive note, movies like these always make you appreaciate even the poor but still okay movies. Making movies is not as easy as the good moviemakers let us believe. :) Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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