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The Last Starfighter (1984) 6.7
A discouraged video-gaming boy finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force. Director:Nick CastleWriter:Jonathan R. Betuel (as Jonathan Betuel) |
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Alex Rogan lives in a trailer court where his mother is manager and everyone is like a big extended family. He beats the Starfighter video game to the applause of everyone in the court and later that day finds he has been turned down for a student loan for college. Depressed, he meets Centauri, who introduces himself as a person from the company that made the game, before Alex really knows what is going on he is on the ride of his life in a "car" flying through space. Chosen to take the skills he showed on the video game into real combat to protect the galaxy from an invasion. Alex gets as far as the Starfighter base before he really realized that he was conscripted and requests to be taken back home. When he gets back home, he finds a Zando-Zan (alien bounty hunter) is stalking him. Unable to go home and live, Alex returns to the Starfighter base to find all the pilots have been killed and he is the galaxy's only chance to be saved from invasion. To defeat the invaders, who are ... Written by John Vogel <jvogel@dgs.dgsys.com> & Spokavriel updated
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In his wildest dreams, Alex never suspected that tonight he would become... the Last Starfighter. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 July 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El último guerrero espacial See more »Box Office
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$15,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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In 2009, it was announced that a long-awaited sequel which was to be titled "Starfighter" which took place 25 years after the original film, which Norman Snow was confirmed to return as Xur. But, the sequel was not made and did not to go into production. The sequel may had followed Louis Rogan, all grown up, whom misses Alex and is brought to Rylos to become a Starfighter himself or the sequel may had followed Alex and Maggie's Rylos-born son or daughter who sets out to settle a score with Xur when Alex is killed during a Ko-Dan attack. See more »Goofs
When Alex first meets the Beta Unit, he already appears to have Alex's facial features and hair - albeit in silhouette. However, he is later taking form with skin and facial features growing over a robotic skeleton. See more »Quotes
Grig: Up to your old "Excalibur" tricks again, eh, Centauri? Did it ever occur to you that it is against the law to recruit from worlds outside the Star League?See more »
This is a lost gem of a movie from the generation of "E.T.", Indiana Jones, Star Wars, etc...
When a friend showed it to me on VHS in 1984 I loved it for its originality, warmth & humor, as well as being impressed with the first-time computer-generated special effects for this kind of sci-fi film.
When I saw the 'special edition' DVD in Widescreen I snatched it right up and found that I enjoyed it as much as I did 20 years ago! The movie's special effects still looked good to me, especially the "Star Car" (my personal favorite).
But the special effects are not the centerpiece of this film. It has plenty of charm of its own to offer in plot, story, warmth, humor & good performances. Craig Safan's music score for this film is one of my all-time favorites. It almost outsizes this movie but it fits just the same.
"Starfighter" is a real gem from the 80's I will treasure in my movie collection.