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Space Raiders

  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.8K
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Thom Christopher, Vince Edwards, David Mendenhall, and Patsy Pease in Space Raiders (1983)
A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.
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A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.

  • Director
    • Howard R. Cohen
  • Writer
    • Howard R. Cohen
  • Stars
    • Vince Edwards
    • David Mendenhall
    • Patsy Pease
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  • IMDb RATING
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    1.8K
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    • Director
      • Howard R. Cohen
    • Writer
      • Howard R. Cohen
    • Stars
      • Vince Edwards
      • David Mendenhall
      • Patsy Pease
    • 40User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Vince Edwards
    Vince Edwards
    • Hawk
    David Mendenhall
    David Mendenhall
    • Peter
    Patsy Pease
    Patsy Pease
    • Amanda
    Thom Christopher
    Thom Christopher
    • Flightplan
    Luca Bercovici
    Luca Bercovici
    • Ace
    Drew Snyder
    Drew Snyder
    • Aldebarian
    Ray Stewart
    Ray Stewart
    • Zariatin
    George Dickerson
    • Tracton
    Michael Miller
    • Lou
    Virginia Kiser
    Virginia Kiser
    • Janeris
    Don Washburn
    • Jessup
    William Boyett
    William Boyett
    • Taggert
    Howard Dayton
    • Elmer
    Dick Miller
    Dick Miller
    • Crazy Mel
    Elizabeth Charlton
    • Cookie
    Claude Johnson
    Claude Johnson
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    Suzan Hollis
    • Space Hooker
    Laura Coles
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    • Director
      • Howard R. Cohen
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      • Howard R. Cohen
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    ashman421

    I love space pirates

    This is the ultimate second-hand movie. Music, props, special effects and sets from Corman's world of movies are assembled to create this coming of age tale. There are a few moments in the film that are kinda cool, though. The escape scene in the beginning of the movie is heightened by a crew member tossing a beer to the captian while he fights off attacking space ships. There were also other cinematic moments in the film that were ALMOST good but are not executed as well as they could. I guess you have to hire leftover actors when making a leftover movie. It is interesting that James Horner did the music to this movie, (actually Battle Beyond the Stars), because he is now a top film composer in Hollywood. Its good to know someone came out of this film alive.
    I_John_Barrymore_I

    Space Raiders

    It took me a few years to hunt down this title, a major staple of my childhood. Almost every trip to the video shop I'd pick out Space Raiders and watch it three times every time my mother rented it for me. It was, I suppose, my Star Wars.

    It's a shame then that it's such a stinker. My memories were so hazy that it offered nothing in terms of nostalgia so I had to take it at face value. A crew of space pirates accidentally kidnap a pretty annoying little kid and spend the rest of the movie trying to get him home.

    Aimed squarely at the under-tens it's got unwelcome slapstick, very shoddy costumes and make-up, recycled special effects, wobbly sets and poor acting. But even with the unintentional comedy it's no fun to see it as an adult, where I can pick out not just the technical faults but wonder at how spectacularly the writer and director managed to botch an endless stream of no-brainer fun/powerful moments that have been seen in a million other sci-fi movies and in the hands of anyone remotely competent should have been successful.

    I imagine as a kid I probably found it quite empowering - there are lots of "I can't do this, I'm just a kid" "Sure you can kiddo, you just have to try!"-type exchanges; the kid drinks beer, etc., but even by low budget 1983 sci-fi standards this one's pretty awful, with a real snoozer of a "finale".
    JTR555

    Unbelievably freakin' bad......

    My cousin dragged me to see this movie in the theaters 20 years ago and I'm still talking about how awful it is. It is just so freakin' bad -- worse than the "Star Wars Holiday Special" bad. Mostly, this kid carries an alien bug around in a beer can for half the movie before releasing it on some other planet where it will undoubtedly (unbeknownest to him) either a.) die a terrible, horrible death or b.) over-run the planet's ecosystem and destroy life on the planet. BAD, BAD, BAD movie. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE IF YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! That's how terrible this steamin' pile of celluloid is. Even these strong words cannot convey to you just how unbelievably bad this "movie" is. If only I could get that time in my life back........
    5emm

    Another average STAR WARS rip-off for the average viewer.

    SPACE RAIDERS ought to make a good old fun-filled Saturday morning staple for the baby-boomers who remembered watching "Jason Of Star Command" on CBS many years back. As all is said and clear, this is shades of Roger Corman's previous sci-fi efforts, and it looks so terribly dark that the same old tiring explosions make up for the poor planning. The dialogue contains plenty of unfittingly abusive words every so often, but you've got to giggle over Flightplan's spoken line, which is incredibly campy: "Robots. I can't sense robots." Leave it to the spaceship fights and 'bot blastings for your enjoyment. They're not great, but they're worth the movie alone. Who could ask for anything more? No other sci-fi saga, past or present, can dethrone or even match the legendary STAR WARS!
    MEEdmo42

    Fantasy Scifi

    This is, after all, only a fantasy, but I liked it. The idea that a promise was given to a boy by a man who was once an honorable officer, and was kept even though it meant death to Hawk, was special to me. What a memory this young boy must have had all his future life for this man. These characters lived on the edge of excitement all the time, facing death throughout their adventurous lives. I found it good, but perhaps a little hokey at times. Fun to watch anyway. I would rate it at least 6 or 7. It had a good moral.

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    • Trivia
      A majority of the sets in this movie had been used in previous films made by New World Pictures.
    • Goofs
      During the first space fight, Hawk says that "there are only two of them, and six of us". However, we get to see at least ten company fighters get blown up during the course of the battle.
    • Quotes

      Hawk: Peter, listen to me. Things are always happening that we don't expect. You can think of them as an ordeal, or you can think of them as a great adventure. It's the adventurers who make it.

    • Connections
      Edited from Les mercenaires de l'espace (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Music from 'Battle Beyond the Stars'
      (uncredited)

      (Les mercenaires de l'espace (1980))

      Music by James Horner

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    • Release date
      • July 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Space Raiders - Weltraumpiraten
    • Filming locations
      • Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA(studio interiors)
    • Production company
      • Millenium
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 24m(84 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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