Friday, October 16, 2020

Space Mutiny (1988)

An unbelievably bad sci-fi movie, the sheer awfulness making it unbelievably entertaining. On a colony ship in deep space unrest is building thanks to the evil Enforcer Kalgen (John Philip Law) who wants to send the ship into pirate territory. He begins acts of sabotage, one of which almost kills hot shot space pilot Dave Ryder (Reb Brown). Dave survives though and soon is leading the fight against Kalgon and his inept goons, assisted by the commander's daughter Lea (Cisse Cameron)...

So, this is a film which reuses footage from Battlestar Galactica (all the space scenes) - though some are played backwards. The original special effects are not up to much. Most of the space ship interior looks like an abandoned factory, with a few "futuristic" sets which use 1980s PCs. The bad guys drive around in golf carts which fire laser guns. Meanwhile, there are a group of alien women aboard who prance around to New Age music and appear to exert some kind of psychic control on people, though not much effect on the plot. 

The plot is rather basic and incoherent. The acting is almost universally awful. The fight scenes chaotic and inept... Obviously the film is hilarious. This is a film where one of the supporting actors dies... and then reappears as an extra in the next scene!