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Prisoners of the Lost Universe
UK 1983
produced by
Harry Robertson, John Hardy (executive) for United Media
directed by Terry Marcel
starring Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, John Saxon, Peter O'Farrell, Ray Charleson, Kenneth Hendel, Philip Van der Byl, Larry Taylor, Dawn Abraham, Ron Smerczak, Charles Comyn, Ian Steadman, Bill Flynn, Danie Voges, Myles Robertson
written by Terry Marcel, Harry Robertson, music by Harry Robertson, special effects by Ray Hanson, optical effects by Ray Caple
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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TV journalist Carrie (Kay Lenz) and tradesman Dan (Richard Hatch)
accidently follow mad scientist Doc Hartman (Kenneth Handel) through a
portal to another dimension ... and while Carrie is soon captured by
villain Kleel (John Saxon), who wants to make her his loveslave, Dan
collects a few colourful characters - the Green Man (Ray Charleson), thief
Malachi (Peter O'Farrell) and a caveman (Philip Van Der Byl) - around him
to go and save her. But before he can do so, he and his gang have to face
the usual adventures they would in this dimension vaguely inspired by
midieval Europe with monsters and zombies and the like. Kleel in the
meantime has angered his mistress Shareen (Dawn Abraham) by introducing a
new woman - Carrie - into his court, and thus he ties her up somewhere in
the wilderness to be eaten up by zombies or something - but Dan and gang
save her life, and as a thank you she leads them into the palace ... where
they are soon captured by Kleel and his men. Carrie meanwhile has
discovered the secret behind Kleel's power: Doc Hartman himself, who has
kept himself alive in this rough terrain by developing firearms for Kleel.
She can't expect much assistance from Hartman though, because in this
dimension here the mad scientist has gone really mad - but she and Dan and
company use their advanced knowledge about explosives and the like to blow
up Kleel's palace and kill the villain for good. And in the end, Dan and
Carrie even find a portal back to their own dimension, while Hartman is
left behind having to fend for himself ...
Very weak sci
fi/fantasy/adventure in which a weak story is carried by tired actors
(with the exception of the always dependable John Saxon) and an uninspired
direction (that at times doesn't even know whether or not to make this
film a comedy) - and a serious lack of production values and weak special
effects don't help all that much either. To make matters worse, this sin't
even a so-bad-it's-good film, it's just a disappointment that will most
likely be erased from your memory bank in a mere few hours.
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Robots and rats,
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