Buck wakes up centuries late and immediately becomes useful to Earth's space defences. The adventure's earnest heroics, flirtatious villains and shiny future manners supply the retro camp; the model work is often rather better than the science.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
5/10
Plot
7/10
Effects
2/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
7/10
“Five centuries late, still somehow qualified to fly.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 54
Synopsis and movie facts
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate.
