Jimmy T. Murakami
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Directed by Lana Wachowski
influenced by Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Visuals
Though “Jupiter Ascending” isn’t cheap-looking, it still recalls such chintzy “Star Wars” copycats as “Battle Beyond the Stars” (1980) and “The Last Starfighter” (1984).
The story, lifted wholesale from Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954), finds the dictator Sador (John Saxon) threatening the planet of Akira.
He got his first film job in 1980 as art director on Roger Corman's low-budget SF film Battle Beyond the Stars , a transposition to outer space of The Magnificent Seven .
A House of Dynamite (2025)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
influenced by When the Wind Blows (1986)
Themes
Ditto the not-made-for-TV When the Wind Blows, The Quiet Earth, and On the Beach.
Mortal Engines (2018)
Directed by Christian Rivers
influenced by Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Plot
Well, it’s more Battle Beyond the Stars meets Cutthroat Island , but I think you’re catching my drift.
Anyone who thinks the cheesiness of the proposed Argo's plot and shameless aping of A New Hope is far-fetched has obviously never seen Battle Beyond the Stars .
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Directed by Mel Gibson
influenced by When the Wind Blows (1986)
Themes
Movieguide hypocritically considers this film acceptable to all ages, but it is most definitely not, no more so than “When the Wind Blows” (a cartoon about old people dying from nuclear war) was for me at age 6.