Starquest II
After a nuclear war, four warriors from Earth awaken on a space ship. Unable to determine what purpose they are there and, above all, who rescued them, panic breaks out. The young scientist Lee and his attractive colleague Susan face the killer aliens in a bitter struggle for the survival of mankind.
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- Cast:
- Adam Baldwin , Robert Englund , Jerry Trimble , Kate Rodger , Gretchen Palmer , Jeannie Millar , Maria Ford
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"Galactic Odyssey" - the American title of Starquest II - was a horrible movie. The plot was amazingly bad, and the writing was some of the worst that I've ever seen. The overall premise - a group of humans, kidnapped to start a breeding program on another planet - seems fairly standard. That's when everything starts to break down.First, the movie is interspersed with a lot of war footage from different places on the planet. None of it has anything to do with the people in the movie. There's a long montage at the beginning of various science fiction stories; none of it has anything to do with the plot of the movie.Second, the effects and sets are bad. I mean, "Manos, Hands of Fate" bad. The airlock that closes off to prevent the ship from decompressing? You can see the lights on the other side of the door because the door doesn't close all of the way. The "robot" pilot that gets blown out of the broken bridge window because of decompression? He takes a nice stroll over when he's "caught" by the decompression. Just horrible. The "alien" hands on the actors seemed to have been bought from the props department of another movie - another cheap, badly made movie.Third, the soft-core porn sex throughout this movie was a little bit of overkill. Kate Rodger, Gretchen Palmer and Jolie Jackunas are all hot, no doubt; but, did they really have to have sex every ten minutes throughout the movie? The women that I know would not respond to a "kidnapped at the last second before earth was destroyed" situation by doing it as much as they did. From an entertainment standpoint, this made the movie watchable; from a plot standpoint, it was ludicrous.Fourth, the plot. Were the humans kidnapped because earth was destroyed, or because it was going to be destroyed? Were they breeding to be "harvested," or breeding to save the human race? Nothing was remotely clear; worse, nothing was remotely consistent. THe story changed as the movie went on.Eh. There's better porn on the internet. Watch Mystery Science Theater instead.
Despite the summary above, this film actually does have some saving graces - 3 of them. Well, if you're a young male, that is...It's not worth talking about the plot of this film, there isn't one. It's not worth talking about the acting, there isn't any; not even from Robert Englund, who (frankly) ought to know better.However, young men take note: There are 3 pairs of deliciously natural-looking breasts on display at various points in the film. All totally unnecessary for the furtherance of the (non-existant) plot, but nice to see anyway...Oddly enough, if you're willing to ignore 1h29m of drivel, the final twist at the end actually bears a semblance of originality. Also, watching Jerry Trimble apeing Kurt Russell (albeit badly) is a hoot!If this film could be awarded zero stars, frankly that'd be all it deserved. One star is way to generous, but as that's the minimum I can give it, that's what it's got.
This movie is from Roger Cormen(night of the living dead) only this time he is executive producer!!The plot of what there is of one, is aliens kidnapp several humans including Adam Baldwin(Wyatt Earp) . The humans meet some people on board a spaceship. They are in reality aliens disguised as humans. The aliesn leader is played by Robert Englund(Wishmaster,Urban Legend,Nightmare on Elm Street 1-8). Even though it rated "R" it has a pleanty of nudity almost make a "NC-17". The set are pathetic, the acting very wooden and it moves too slowly!!This movie is almost as bad as "Supernova" , but at least the public was spared seeing this lame B grade movie from the big screen!!
I first saw this film a year ago, under the guise of 'Mind Breakers'. The Satellite TV Guide described it as a 'tense, Sci-fi thriller' and seeing Robert Englund and one of the ubiquitous Baldwins listed as the stars, it couldn't possibly be bad, could it ?.Unfortunately it is very, very poor. The acting is wooden, the sets are crude, the special effects pathetic and the less said about the plot the better. In fact a core element of what plot there is - the aliens and humans inter breeding - appears to be there in order to pad the film out to a respectable length.START SPOILER In essence, each repetitive breeding scene consists of the couple "at it", with Robert Englund watching through a hidden camera with his hand across his face, whilst a quasi porno-flick tune plays. A red light also flickers from time to time. After a while this becomes very funny. END SPOILERAs you start to watch this film listen carefully and you'll hear the sound of the bottom of the barrel being scraped.If I could give this film a rating that reflects how much it made me laugh, albeit unintentionally, I'd give it a 10. Unfortunately I have to grade itaccording to what it is supposed to be, so it gets a 1.START SPOILER After watching this I felt like quoting one of the characters, i.e. : WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MEEEEEEE !!!! END SPOILERRobert Englund, hang your head in shame and write 100 times "I will not star in cheapo science fiction films"