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Name: Flash Gordon
Released: 1980-12-5
Cast: Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Timothy Dalton, Topol

Flash Gordon

PG
1h 51m
1980

83%

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Prepare to save the universe with the King of the Impossible! Alex Raymond's famous comic strip blasts to life in the timeless sci-fi cult adventure Flash Gordon! When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where—with assistance from beautiful Dale Arden—he'll take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.

Director:

Mike Hodges

Producer:

Dino De Laurentiis

Writer:

Lorenzo Semple, Jr.

Cast:

Sam J. Jones, Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Timothy Dalton, Topol, Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mariangela Melato

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: Campy charm and a knowing sense of humor help to overcome a silly plot involving a spacefaring ex-football player, his adoring bevy of groupies, and a supervillain named Ming the Merciless.

Reviews

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Eddie Harrison

...a deserved cult-classic with the widest of appeal. It’s camp, it’s silly, it’s funny and it manages to update the Boys Own charm of the original serials...

The movie itself is pure fun, and its status has only benefitted from the resurgence of interest in Queen, who wrote and performed the original score.

If the character of Flash Gordon reminds you of Buster Crabbe's exploits in vintage 1930s serials, then this new version of Flash Gordon is definitely for you.

The result is a campy, jokey spoof that resembles nothing more than an expensive remake of Flesh Gordon without the sex, and also without that much cheaper movie's good special effects.

While it is undoubtedly messy, silly and incoherent, Flash Gordon still works 40 years on from its original release.

June 17, 2022

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