A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Released to video in 1997, "Leprechaun 4: In Space" takes place in the future where a group of space marines travel to a distant planet to stop a power-hungry Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) from harming a Dominian princess, Zarina (Rebecca Carlton). The Marines' civilian boss is a mad scientist by the name of Dr. Mittenhand (Guy Siner). When the Leprechaun eventually manifests on the vessel havoc ensues. Brent Jasmer and Tim Colceri play the main Marines while Jessica Collins plays a scientist who accompanies them. Debbe Dunning and Gary Grossman are also on hand.I've only seen the first four Leprechaun movies and this is my second favorite after "Leprechaun 3." As a low-budget horror/comedy, you have to take it for what it is to appreciate it. Davis is thoroughly entertaining as usual as the eponymous imp and the filmmakers assembled a quality cast who take it all tongue-in-cheek. The Leprechaun rebirth scene is particularly effective, both funny and perverse. The way Dr. Mittenhand de-morphs is also done well while Carlton & Collins are definite highlights as Princess Zarina and Tina.The movie runs 95 minutes and was shot at Front Street Studios, Los Angeles.GRADE: B or B- (6.5/10 Stars)

If you read my review of "Leprechaun", "Leprechaun 2", and "Leprechaun 3" and wondered if Warwick Davies survived then welcome to your answer….. No, he died in the first, second and third film…. But Yes, he came back… this time in Space!Very similar to the other Leprechaun films but with the addition of Spaceships and Laser guns. Don't worry, the acting is still bad, the story is still irrelevant, the action is still embarrassing… If you did read my other reviews you'll get what I'm saying here.The Leprechaun convinces a space bint (Princess Zarina of the Dominian Republic) to follow him for marriage, she is a spoiled princess of a wealthy space family and kind of sees the benefit in attaining gold and wealth via greed - thus she is willing to listen and follow the Leprechaun. A rag tag bunch of space merc's are sent to recover and rescue her on behalf of a Scientist who you only ever see via Video link (I'll come onto him later). The space merc's are very much in the guise of the marines in the "Aliens" film but obviously a lot more camp and much more useless. They are convinced by the scientist that the Space Princess is important because her DNA is special so ultimately they take him serious and act out the contract as best as they can - until they are scared anyway. Some of the merc's live, some of the merc's die. I can't recall exactly how it happened but the merc's do recover the Space princess which leads the Leprechaun to hunt her down. Worried that the Leprechaun's power is too much the merc's attempt to cancel the contract only to be put back in line by the scientist who actually reveals himself. Much like "The Wizard of Oz" the scientist was just hiding behind a curtain (well a video screen) and pulling the strings. The scientist is not quite what the crew expected, from the waist down he is a robot. Now, if you have been wondering who the Scientist is because you recognise the voice let me take this opportunity to put you out of your misery, the robo- scientist is none other than Lieutenant Hubert Gruber (Guy Siner) from the TV series "Allo Allo". Yes that's right, Col Gruber is back, in space, and he's even got his "little tank" with him - albeit his tank is his robotic lower half. Leprechaun and Scientist eventually meet, they exchange insults and then one of them is injected with random space princess DNA which has been mixed with a spider and a scorpion. The film builds up to a finally which will see the Leprechaun fight all the good people of the spaceship. However, will he survive? Will he get his revenge, will he live beyond his revenge, and will somebody actually make another Leprechaun film?? Check back for my review of "Leprechaun 5 - Leprechaun in da Hood" to find out.

So I have officially seen all the Leprechaun films, amazing that it took me this long as I'm actually a weird fan of the series, I know that's absurd but I love how ridicules these films are. Leprechaun 4 is known as the most crazy sequel in the series which is odd considering he went to the hood. But I decided to go ahead and just buy the entire series on DVD and I of course watched this film as soon as I got it and just had to let go and have a great time with it. I don't know how I could enjoy it but I did, I think if you sometimes just wanna have fun and go with it you can find yourself enjoying the stupidest things in life. How could anyone take this movie seriously? I mean one of the female characters shows her breasts randomly and that's claimed as how she tells someone they are about to get the death penalty, how many men in the world would beg for the death sentence if that way the way of telling them? Yeah the acting and effects let alone the story is just awful but I just love the leprechaun as silly as he is, he's just got this amazing personality and what a way of expressing it in space.The Leprechaun is on a desolate planet attempting to marry princess Zarina, whom he has kidnapped in a plot to marry her, then murder her father in order to become king of her home planet. A group of space marines attack and they return to their ship with Zarina, where their leader, the half-robotic Dr. Mittenhand, explains that the princess has regenerative powers and his plans to use Zarina's DNA to recreate his own mutilated body. Elsewhere on the ship, the Leprechaun violently emerges from Kowalski's pants when he attempts to sleep with a fellow marine, Dolores, killing him. The Leprechaun then kills most of the crew members in other various gruesome and absurd ways. He finds Zarina in Dr. Mittenhand's laboratory, and plans to kidnap the princess back killing anyone who gets in his way.I can't believe Warwick Davis did these films but I give him such props that he stayed true and loyal to them. He made the leprechaun into one memorable character, this series I don't think ever took itself seriously and how could it? After all who knew a leprechaun could be so frightening and over a pot of gold? I don't think Lucky Charms ever had this character in mind for this box cover. Now this movie isn't certainly for everyone, like I said there is some incredibly bad acting on everyone's part. Of course being a horror movie, there are tons of good looks vs. talent. The special effects are something that could be done on any home computer, I guess that is what really dates the film. The story is just plain ridicules and silly, the princess accepts very fast and well that she's going to marry a weird looking leprechaun who won't stop talking about gold. I love that the female doctor looks like a lost cast member walked off the set of Baywatch and of course we have to have her half naked randomly at the end of the film. There's a moment in the film when "under" the leprechaun's power a tough marine sergeant comes out dress like Dreamgirls and starts dancing and hitting on his soldiers. It's just a very weird movie but like I said if you're a fan of the series go for it and watch it, even though I know there are fans of the movies and don't enjoy this one but I liked it at least. But if you're looking for an actual horror movie, just look at the title alone, that should say enough.5/10

Leprechaun 4: In Space directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith After three movies set on Earth, the Leprechaun now goes where no Irish monster has gone before; SPACE!After a fun and entertaining sequel, the Leprechaun franchise has hit a big low. Deciding to send the Irish monster into space, the fourth entry includes a large mixture of bad acting, bad effects and just a plain bad script. Instead of enjoying the sequel, you just sit there asking "why?" not just for yourself, but also for the characters.