Review of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) by Alexandria M — 25 Jan 2009

Even for a 1940 serial this had hopeless writing. The same sets get used over and over again. The same four shots of the space ships get used through out the twelve episodes. Men are armed with ray guns, bows, swords and spears, however, any time they fight it is always a wrestling match.

I can't really comment on the acting. The scripts are so bad Dustin Hoffman wouldn't have been able to pull off a decent performance. The only thing that saves this is the retro cool factor.