Review of Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) by Pej D — 11 Sep 2011

Really awesome star wars/seven samurai rip off. great actors and great special effects from James Cameron elevate this above most B-movie fare.

This review of Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) was written by Pej D on 11 Sep 2011.

Battle Beyond the Stars has generally received mixed reviews.

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Roger Corman tested the waters with for a low budget Star Wars rip-off by distributing the wonderfully lame Italian bandwagon effort StarCrash…

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In short: I wanted to commit lightsaber Seppuku…

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