Sunday, December 2, 2012

The War in Space (1977)

Toho (Japan)
Directed by  Jun Fukuda
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Discotek Media)

Japanese sci-fi that borrows heavily from its American predecessors Stars Wars and 2001. It's hurt by a low budget, dated soundtrack and dumb dialogue, though that might be more the fault of the translation. Earth is being attacked by aliens who are using Venus as their base. The Japanese put together a team to go to Venus and destroy them. The finale is a complete rip-off from the Death Star attack scenes in Star Wars. Yuko Asano in her tight-fitting costumes is about the only reason to watch this.

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