1983, a post-Star Wars, pre-bratpack, post-mad max (1979's Mad Max) galaxy episode: not the original space western, not a pure comedy of the human experience, awesome vehicles though.
This film received good reviews! It was originally released as a gimmicky 3D but has been re released without. Special effects aren't anything outside the realm of a big budget westerns but the costumes and wardrobe are awesome. Tons of rubber/latex body costumes. The picture was scored with a full orchestra so you can tell they wanted this thing to be epic - exploding pirate ship railroad train.
Wolff, a rakish space tramp/mercenary/contractor/self employed entrepreneur hears a distress call from a downed ship on the planet of argon 2 (or some other spacey-sounding name) and there's a reward in the monetary designation of "megs" and it's never really explained how much that is but 500 is good, 750 is better. Molly ringwold plays a real shit: whiny, disagreeable, and needy, always insisting that she's an Earther. An old war buddy (Washington) of Wolff's shows up and they're both on the same job. There's negotiation and blah blah and there's these lagoon ladies? A guy named Overdog controls "the graveyard" in "the zone" which looks like burning man's bartertown built out of spent machine parts and tetanus.
Imagine star wars was creepy, went on a date with David Lynch's Dune with a side of Peter Jackson's Bad taste all mixed up with cliche dialogue, pop culture references and a few curse words. Spacey damsels in distress, intergalactic coming of age, an explosion filled spectacle for the macho dudes: this show is action packed.
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