Dark Star
“The spaced out odyssey.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 66, rated by 1 admin.
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A bored space crew continues destroying unstable planets while its ship, alien mascot and intelligent bomb create more immediate problems. John Carpenter's deliberate science-fiction comedy turns cosmic grandeur into an exhausting maintenance shift. The homemade quality is part of its wonderfully undignified future.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“Space exploration has become a very long shift with difficult equipment.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 66
Synopsis and movie facts
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
- Released
- 1974
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Running time
- 83 min
Starring
- Brian Narelle as Lt. Doolittle
- Cal Kuniholm as Boiler
- Dan O'Bannon as Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
- Dre Pahich as Talby
- Adam Beckenbaugh as Bomb #20 (voice)
- Nick Castle as Alien
- Joe Saunders as Commander Powell (voice)
- Cookie Knapp as Muttercomputer (voice)
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 1410.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the deteriorating crew, beachball-like alien and funny science-fiction parody.
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