Space Mutiny

1988 "There Is Nowhere To Hide From The Enemy Within."
2.1| 1h33m| en
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A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Machiavelli84 Like a lot of people, I first saw this movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Mike and the bots did a great job riffing it, and it's probably one of the best episodes they've ever done. I went online, and found the original, unedited version, as I was curious to see what had been taken out, and wanted to see if maybe the movie was a lot better without someone riffing it.The storyline is actually not half bad: a spaceship known as the Southern Sun is moving through space looking for a planet to call home, and disenfranchised officers within the ship form factions, planning a mutiny to take over the ship. A fighter pilot named Ryder who has recently arrived must stop the plot, since he is one of the few aboard who has specialized combat training. Again, the story itself has potential...unfortunately, as so often happens with movies, a good idea can get ruined in the execution.One of my biggest gripes with the film is the editing. Entire sequences are reused and easily recognizable ("They're having the same party!" as Mike Nelson lamented). Some scenes are completely useless; for example, they have a sequence where Kalgan learns of the Bellerians (when just a few seconds before he was setting up the bombs - what?), then several minutes later Blake calls Kalgan and tells him about the arrival of the Bellerians...which he already knew about! There is also the infamous scene where Lt. Lemont appears alive and well...after she was killed (even without Mike and the bots, you'll find yourself yelling, "Hey wait a minute, she's dead!"). I'm also curious about the stock footage from Battlestar Galactica used for all the outer space scenes: just how did they get the rights to use that footage, and did they really think people wouldn't recognize the ship designs? It was almost as bad as using X-Wings and Tie Fighters.The acting is a mixed bag. Reb Brown can be a good character actor, but here his role amounts to running around screaming for no reason. John Philip Law, who is usually a hokey but likable actor, is played out like a cartoon villain, cackling madly while making corny speeches and insults. James Ryan is immensely over the top as the limping MacPhearson. The only capable actors who aren't completely wasted (Cameron Mitchell and Graham Clarke) don't have enough film time. Also, interesting trivia: Camille Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell's daughter, plays the voice of lead Bellerian Jennera (which makes the semi-seduction scene between her and the commander rather... interesting). Another bit of trivia: Cisse Cameron (who plays Lea, the "sexy senior citizen") is actually *younger* than Reb Brown; she was born in 1954, while he was born in 1948.Perhaps the one thing I appreciate about this movie is that, as a hokey sci-fi action film, it delivers. Yes, you've got plenty of "railing kills", and if you're looking for a movie where lots of people die and lots of laser guns get shot, this one delivers. Honestly, even after all I've said, it's not the WORST movie out there; yes, it's bad, but it's bad in a fun way. Yeah it's got the usual tropes of the sub-genre ("Why can't they hit this huge, slow-moving white thing?!"), but that's part of what makes it enjoyable.If you're curious about what was taken out for the MST3K episode, most of what was removed was done for time: there's a scene where Lea and Ryder talk after they make love in her garden; there are extra scenes in the dogfight with the pirates; there are extra scenes in the initial Enforcer chase between Ryder, Lea, and Kalgan, as well as the laser fight beforehand; the commander's council (where Ryder is given command) is much longer; you actually see MacPhearson's flaming body flail around before he dies; etc. The only two significant scenes of note are: one where you actually see Kalgan get up and run away after the big gunfight at the end - that explains why he's still alive for the climactic Enforcer chase at the end (whereas in the MST3K edit, it's like "Hey, wait, I thought he was killed"); and another where MacPhearson reveals that it was Ryder's squadron that caused his limp.Like I said, the movie's bad, but it's an enjoyable kind of bad. Watch it with your friends, see how much of the MST3K riffs you remember, and enjoy the badness of it all.
doomchild-635-982234 I know that not many people like this movie, but I have to say that i love this films. Sure, it is not a good movie, but a movie does not have to be good, in order to be awesome, and this movie is just absolutely awesome. Now what makes this film so enjoyable is the man himself, Reb Brown, not many people know who this man is, but he is one of the coolest actors ever, and that is because he is the greatest over actors ever! I can safely say, that if Reb Brown was not in this film, I would not have enjoyed it, as much as i did. Everything about this movie is completely over the top, the story, the acting, everything, it is just absolutely pure entertainment, and not many movies have the entertainment value that this film has, films like the Godfather, or Goodfellas are considered some of the best films ever made, but neither of them, or films that are considered the best films ever made, are as entertaining as this film. If you are a person who loves these bad movies, the you should buy it, it is just awesome!
matthewmeans If you are thinking about giving the film "Space Mutiny" a try, let me help you understand what it has to offer:Adequate lighting... Shooting in a dark warehouse/brewery is far more of a challenge than working in a carefully designed studio setting, and the cinematography team achieves good results given the circumstances. Incredible variety of hairstyles... Whether bad, worse, horrible, alright or just completely perplexing, this film offers a unique survey of late eighties hairstyles not to be found anywhere else I have seen (in the space of 90 minutes).Admirable ESL performances... Although most of the cast is American or Canadian, several European actors get high marks for turning in good, fluent English dialog with a barely noticeable accent. This is much easier said (no pun intended) than done.John Phillip Law... Mr. Law is a true man of film, a legend in the industry, with a decades-long long ex-patriate European career highlighted by such classics as "Diabolik" and the "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad." Very few American actors have shown the dedication to foreign film that Mr. Law, by attaining fluency in so many languages, has demonstrated. Though his performance in "Space Mutiny" is understandably lackluster, his presence automatically elevates any project. On the other hand... "Space Mutiny" is a very derivative, poorly conceived spoof of the Science Fiction genre that is mostly difficult to sit through.So there it is... judge for yourself.
andreas-schmidt-pabst This movie is by far my absolute favorite of all time. For me it is the most intelligent, philosophical and high-brow science fiction movie since "2001"! It simply is the "Citizen Kane" of SF and I wonder why it was not even nominated for an Oscar."Space Mutiny" has a more fantastic and innovative story than "Star Wars" and more emotion than "Love Story". It's an amazing, fantastic, breathtaking movie about the mysteries of life, love, space and time.But the best of it are the special effects: In an unique act of humanity it took away hard work of dozens of effect specialists by simply borrowing nearly all effects by "Battlestar Galactica". For that brilliant idea alone it deserves an Academy award!