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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Movie Review

Starring: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Michael Ironside
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"In the far future, after a bloody war, a bounty hunter named Wolff traverses the galaxy, looking for an opportunity. He gets it when a star transport is shot down and three women are taken captive for the harem of the Overdog, a medical specialist who had been sent to a planet in order to save it from a plague, but instead used his position to become dictator of the entire world, where he uses his technical expertise to mechanize his body and extend his life indefinitely. Wolff and his female android land on the planet, where they meet Niki the Twister, an orphan who guides them into the Forbidden Zone, where Overdog and his minions reign supreme. They have a run-in with a local security chief and former bounty hunter who has his eyes on the captive women as well. While Wolff and Niki start off at odds, needless to say they gradually form a mututal respect that turns to love. Later, they break into the Forbidden Zone and are forced to fight everything from Amazon women who live in the sewers to blob-men. Finally, Niki is captured and forced to run a maze full of tricks and traps. While she is successful, she is ultimately brought to the Overdog where he attempts to suck out her life's energy, but Wolff comes back to save her and the women. While the plot is fairly predictable and generic, the bizzare costumes, imagination and set designs of the garbage-world set this movie apart from the rest, somewhat."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact Yes
Explore plotlet: - stranded on alien planet, fighting aliens for survival

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - bounty hunter
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - is very quick
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - Very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - very skinny (female)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - dictator
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - super strength
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - bald
Hair style - (man) bald
Body type - average (man)
unclothed? - partially transparent clothes
Ethnicity - White
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physical condition - missing body parts/abilities
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - very controlled society
Planet outside our solar system? Yes
Mountains? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Misc settings - prison - fort/castle
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - upbeat
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - exploding bombs - exotic spaceships - exotic big cities - exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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