A bad science fiction film that Joe Dante directed. This was a pilot for a science fiction series about a crew of rebels flying around space attempting to reestablish a galactic republic.
With the exception of Rod Taylor the acting is extremely poor. The cast doesn't seem to be able to put over the plot with a spec of enthusiasm. The extremely poor and very derivative script doesn't help since it is a mismash of elements from Star Trek and in particular Star Wars. The film was obviously trying for a wide appeal with the appearance of busty women and teenagers in primary parts. Our so called hero is a very poor man's Han Solo.
The production is extremely cheesy looking the cardboard looking sets look like they are about to topple down around the actors throughout the film. The special effects aren't particularly well done with the usual computer image assistance of spaceships flying around shooting laser beams at each other.
Clearly Joe Dante brought no passion to this project the film doesn't even contain any of his typical movie references or in-jokes. A very depressing film.
97 minutes, written by Caleb Carr (huh).
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