Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
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What critics compared Battle Beyond the Stars to
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 .
Well, it’s more Battle Beyond the Stars meets Cutthroat Island , but I think you’re catching my drift.
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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 .