Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

PG

1983

1h 30m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

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A crash-landed salvager (Peter Strauss) meets a waif (Molly Ringwald) and saves women from a cyborg (Michael Ironside) on Terra 11.

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Variety Staff

Variety

A muddled science fiction tale.

Mar 26, 2009

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Don Peretta

Time Out

What could have been a sci-fi horror classic is instead just a better-than-average children's adventure story.

Jun 24, 2006

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

It attempts so much that it will probably remind you of at least a dozen other pirate, gladiator, horror and science-fiction stories, because its own plot is none too distinctive and is seriously overcrowded.

Aug 30, 2004

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

As for the subtitular forbidden zone, no one gets there until an hour of the 90-minute movie has passed. "Adventures on a Quite Leisurely Jaunt to the Forbidden Zone" lacks zip, though. Then again, "adventure" is a charitable description of anything here.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 15, 2023

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John Brosnan

Starburst

A moderately entertaining mixture of Mad Max 2 and Escape from New York done in 3-D.

Aug 1, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Although it presents a handful of enjoyable ideas, it falls very short of crafting any notable contributions to the genre.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 7, 2020

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Mark F

Great fun. Much better than expected. We thought it'd be cheap and cheesy but it turned out to be well acted with surprisingly good sets and a memorable villian. My 17 year old son was impressed. Think Red Dwarf meets Barbarella and Mad Max.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Sebastian L

The first half of Spacehunter is one of the slowest and most confused openings of a movie I've come across. Ironside as the incredibly entertaining villain Overdog fortunately saves the rest of the movie from complete failure, and Ringwald's commitment is partly a substitute for the least interesting protagonist in movie history.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Jacob B

Low budget, but it is fun to pass some time.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/19/23

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Audience Member

In the 80s, Spacehunter probably gave you a good night at the movies. But in 2022, it's ultra cheesy firework effects can't hold together a flimsy plot line. Ringwald and Strauss serve up the distopian vibes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

It has strong enough production value and enough talent behind and in front of the camera to be a good B Movie yet it seriously falls flat after the second half.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

I always liked Spacehunter,not very original,a combination of Mad Max,Star Wars,Alien,Flash Gordon and so on.Definately entertaining and watchable and cheesy at times.Would highly recommend it

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

A crash-landed salvager (Peter Strauss) meets a waif (Molly Ringwald) and saves women from a cyborg (Michael Ironside) on Terra 11.

Director: Lamont Johnson
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Zone Productions, Delphi I Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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