The Last Starfighter

PG 6.7
1984 1 hr 41 min Adventure , Action , Science Fiction

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

  • Cast:
    Lance Guest , Robert Preston , Dan Mason , Dan O'Herlihy , Catherine Mary Stewart , Barbara Bosson , Norman Snow

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Reviews

CheerupSilver
1984/07/13

Very Cool!!!

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Nessieldwi
1984/07/14

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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KnotStronger
1984/07/15

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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Usamah Harvey
1984/07/16

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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yankeedoo
1984/07/17

Would love to c this remade but not like Jump st or bay watch On a more action kind instead of unfunny rubbish. Def be grt The rock yea But even staham too Or ??

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sdejka
1984/07/18

Just watched this with my 12 yr old daughter and she loved it. I was a junior in HS when I first saw it. Loved it then, still enjoyed in 2017. The characters are funny, and enjoyable. This movie, unlike others I saw back in my youth that I thought would be fun to watch again, did retained it's sense of adventure, humor and seriousness for me. I never noticed the early CGI when I was young, and very much noticed it now. That didn't deter from the story or enjoyment of the movie; kinda reminded me of TRON CGI. If you're into sharing movies of your youth with the kiddos, put this one on your list!

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tabaqui-1
1984/07/19

This movie is so bad it's just bad. Really bad. Nothing even remotely makes sense, including space, government, military, engineering, interior design and espionage, the sets and aliens looks cheap and unimaginative and gray. The alien recruiter just fly straight to the super secret star base, yet the fresh prince of douche is valuable to the invaders because he has this knowledge. His recruit is never checked for quality and only filtered out when he says he never wanted to be there in the first place, yet Centauri has already been given his money. The dialogue is awkward "tell don't show" exposition most of the time without any effort to make it even remotely enjoyable, the acting is often awful, and the sequel baiting is cringeworthily woven into the main movie leading to 3 main bad guys who don't even do stuff enough for one. The bad guys are pretty much useless and do next to nothing, the heroic self sacrifice of the comic relief is ultimately completely useless, and the love interest pretty much declares to empty air with glittering eyes how much she loves the main character over the burning dead body of the poor shmuck.90 minute movie with end credits, and the main guy only stops caring about saving his own bacon at the 72nd minute and gladly puts everyone he knows and presumably loves in the crossfire to cover his tracks from alien assassins.They retcon the death of Centauri at the end, but never bothered to reshoot any scenes relating to his original death, so that feels super cheap too.

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Dalbert Pringle
1984/07/20

OK. If this were 1984 (the year of The Last Starfighter's theatrical release), you can be sure that I'd most likely be raving about this Sci-Fi/Comedy, kiddies' film with a little bit more enthusiasm. And, yes, rating it with a higher score than just 3 measly stars, as well.But, as things stand - Now 30 years later (after being thoroughly saturated for the past 3 decades by an onslaught of CGI effects in every single alien-related movie around), one can't help but see how totally inferior The Last Starfighter is in so many, many ways.Had I been able to somehow relate to the youthful characters in the story, I might have leaned a little less critically on this film, which I view as a blatant rip-off of Star Wars.But, as it stood - The Last Starfighter's story was a pretty well-worn tale that held no surprises and quickly got stale within its first half-hour.Yes. I will admit that some of the visual effects here were quite good - But this didn't come anywhere near to compensating for the rest of The Last Starfighter which, pretty much, sucked to infinity, and beyond.

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