Review of Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) by James-Masaki R — 20 Sep 2012
Roger Corman capitalizing on the success of "Star Wars", unleashed a 'remake' of "Seven Samurai", set in outer space with his biggest budget invested at the time. But even with his 'biggest' budget, there are a lot of corner cutting with reused sets, costumes, and special effects, which are quite fun to catch.
But as for the movie? It's pretty silly. You never really get a sense of camaraderie between the "7" protecting the weak planet from a blue-faced John Saxon, and it seems they cut out most of the 'talky' scenes that made "Seven Samurai" so deep in characterization.
But this is a Corman movie. Cut to the chase! Give us the action and space traveling! It's silly and bad, but it's silly and bad fun.
This review of Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) was written by James-Masaki R on 20 Sep 2012.
Battle Beyond the Stars has generally received mixed reviews.
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