The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
“Beings from another dimension have invaded your world. You can't see them... but they can see you. Your only hope is Buckaroo Banzai.”
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A surgeon, scientist and rock musician takes his band into an interdimensional alien crisis. The film behaves as though its enormous backstory is already common knowledge, which is part of the joke. Peter Weller's composure and John Lithgow's magnificent excess keep the bewildering world remarkably inviting.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 9.5/10
- Effects
- 5/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 9/10
“Your surgeon's band is handling the alien invasion.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 75
Synopsis and movie facts
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
- Released
- 1984
- Directed by
- W.D. Richter
- Running time
- 103 min
Starring
- Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai
- John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin
- Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy
- Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey
- Christopher Lloyd as John Bigboote
- Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy
- Rosalind Cash as John Emdall
- Robert Ito as Professor Hikita
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), directed by W.D. Richter. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · rogerebert.com
RogerEbert.com's retrospective praises the unusual humour, organic spaceship designs and carefully controlled performances, especially Lithgow's extravagant villain. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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